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- There are two versions (at least) of Lotus 123 called Release 1A
- identified by an "*" that displays on the first screen under
- the "s" in the word "Release"
- Release 1A
- *
-
- To unprotect these versions so they can be run on a hard disk
- without requiring the SYSTEM DISK in drive A, do the following:
-
- 1. RENAME 123.EXE 123.XYZ
- 2. DEBUG 123.XYZ
- 3. Determine which version you have by the following steps:
-
- a. Type U AB8C press ENTER
- b. Type U AEC4 press ENTER
-
- Under one address or the other you should see MOV CX,0002
- If you don't, something is different. See below for another chance.
- Using the MOV CX,0002 address from above in place of XXXX, do the below:
-
- 4. Type E XXXX C3 press ENTER
- 5. Type W
- 6. Type Q
- 7. RENAME 123.XYZ 123.EXE
-
- That's it. It will now run from any drive. As always, this patch
- is provided so that honest people don't have to suffer the
- inconvienences imposed upon them by software manufacturers.
-
- If MOV CX,0002 was not at either address, type in:
- S 100 EFFF CD 13 press ENTER
- debug will return an address. Using that address in place of XXXX, enter
- U XXXX press ENTER
- Two lines below INT 13 you should see MOV CX,0002
- use this address in step 4.
- If this doesn,t work, they have changed it again and you're on your own.
-
- To bypass the initial logo on the versions above, do the below:
-
- 1. Type E 049D 90 90 90
- 2. Type E 04C8 90 90 90
-
- GOOD LUCK!
- the initial logo on the versions above, do the below:
-
- 1. Type E 049D 90