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PC Floppy Copy Protection: Vault Prolok
This is Part 4 of a series on PC floppy copy protection methods. You can read the previous parts here: Part 1, covering Formaster Copy-Loc...
It felt like the loading process took a bit longer, but just as I was expecting to see an error Alley Cat started up in all its CGA glory.It looks like Quaid Software has won this historical shootout. If no signals are actually present, the resulting output becomes noise - think turning your camera ISO way up in a pitch-dark room - and so the disk controller starts to receive random data. If you skipped the link earlier in this article, be sure to read my interview with Quaid software founder, Robert McQuaid, who has some very interesting details to share about his court battle with Vault.
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