Atari ST Protection: Spy Vs Spy from Databyte

Another simple, yet efficient protection. Sector 9 in Track 79 is read twice, the EOR checksum has to change, done via “weak” or “fuzzy” bits in the sector. Again: easily defeated with a Floprd() patch. move.w #$9,d0 ; 00CEC0: 303C 0009 bsr .l +$28 {$00CEEE} ; 00CEC4: 6100 0028 move.b d0,$cf2c ; 00CEC8: 13C0 0000 … Continue reading Atari ST Protection: Spy Vs Spy from Databyte

About Me

Born in 1967 in Elmshorn, Germany, I have been developing commercial software since 1985. It all started as a hobby (C–64, Schneider/Amstrad CPC, TI–99/4A, Atari 400 and many more). On the Atari ST I created my first commercial software: a floppy copy protection scheme used in many products (e.g. in Giana Sisters). Later I created … Continue reading About Me

68k Disassembler in C

Original 68k Disassembler I wrote for Hatari <https://hatari.tuxfamily.org> in 2010. It does support all 68k CPUs, including the embedded ones, FPU and PMMU. It doesn’t compile on it’s own, but requires Hatari source code. But it should be possible with minimal effort to make it stand-alone. All sources can be found on GitHub.

Transfile Mac IQ

Dieses Projekt war die erste Zusammenarbeit von Christoph Pagalies und mir auf dem Macintosh – vorher haben wir ja schon auf dem Atari zusammen programmiert. Hier die Informationstexte von Yellow Computing: TRANSFILE MAC IQ Grundlagen Verbindet alle SHARP Organizer IQ–7000 bis 8500 und ZQ–5000 bis 6300 mit Apple Macintosh. Passend für Sharp IQ–7000, IQ–7100, IQ–7200, … Continue reading Transfile Mac IQ

HyperText

HyperText is a text-only very fast hypertext engine for the Atari ST. All the files can be found on GitHub. ∑-Soft ~~Birkhahnkamp 38~~ ~~2000 Norderstedt 1~~ 05.12.1992 ~~Tel: 040–5223955~~ ~~FAX: 040–5263307~~ ~~BBS: 040–5267185 (300–14400 Baud 8N1, MNP 1–5, V32(bis), V42(bis), HST)~~ Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, Wir bedanken uns für den Erwerb von HyperText. Sie … Continue reading HyperText

Midi-Maze II

Midi-Maze was one of the first first-person shooter for up to 16 players, long before Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, etc. Midi-Maze II was the sucessor which adds much more reliably, features and fun to the game. MIDIMAZE.LZH (384kb, the game of the game – shareware version) MAZEPOOL.LZH (480kb, only for registered users) Midi-Maze2.zip (440kb, original disk … Continue reading Midi-Maze II