__________________________________________________________________ SPECIAL NOTE All of these programs and files are in the original condition as we received them - we don't know whether they work or not. Use them at your own risk. They are provided for experimentation, educational purposes and for testing. Their use may be illegal, use your own judgement. The next note is the beginning of the original Readme file. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> NOTE <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< FOR ALL OF YOU THIEVES WHO WILL ATTEMPT TO COPY THIS SOFTWARE, LET ME TELL YOU THIS::::::: YES, IT CAN BE DONE, BUT---------------- I HAVE PUT A "VIRUS" ON THE MASTER DISK THAT WAS MADE FOR THE ORIGI OWNER. NOW A FEW OF YOU EXREMELY COMPUTER LITERATE TYPES KNOW EXACTLY WHAT I MEAN BY THE TERM "VIRUS" AND WITH HUNDREDS OF HOURS OF TIME AND A GOOD TRACK AND SECTOR EDITOR, MAY BE ABLE TO REMOVE IT. BUT I BETCHA NOT 1 OUT OF 1000 OF YOU CAN DO-IT, HOWEVER IF YOU FIND IT AND SEND ME A PRINT-OUT OF THE EXACT LOCATION ON THE MASTER DISK, I W WILL PAY YOU $500.00 AND YOU CAN KEEP THE SOFTWARE THAT YOU STOLE, NO NAMES NECESSARY JUST PROVIDE YOUR P.O. BOX ADDRESS AND A CERTIFIED CHECK IS YOURS. I'M PRETTY SURE AIN'T I!!!!!!!!! YOU CAN'T DO IT!! NOW, FOR YOU DUMMIES WHO DON'T KNOW WHAT A "VIRUS" IS. LET ME TELL YOU. IT IS A WAY OF CHECKING A COPY TO SEE IF IT IS THE ORIGINAL. THE WAY IT KNOWS IS MY SECRET!! AND I WON'T TELL. AND THE REASON IT'S CALLED A VIRUS IS SIMPLY BECAUSE WHEN YOU COPY THIS DISK ALL APPEARS TO GO WELL AND IT LOOKS LIKE YOU MADE A COPY THAT WILL ALWAYS WORK. BUT, (HERE COMES THE PART I LOVE) ALL COPIES RUN FINE AND PLENTY OF BOARDS CAN BE DONE UNTIL A CERTAIN MONTH IN THE NOT TO CLOSE FUTURE WHEN YOUR BOARDS WILL RECIEVE A HIT IN THE SEEMINGLY NORMAL WAY IT SHOULD AS IT GOES IT'S MERRY WAY FUNCTIONING LIKE NORMAL VCIIs DO, RECIEVING UPDATES. BUT, BUT, BUT, THE "VIRUS" HAS GROWN AND THE MONTH (AND I WON'T TELL YOU WHICH ONE IT IS), THAT I IMBEDDED IN THE DISK COMES, THEN YOUR BOARDS WILL ALL QUIT, ON THAT GLORIUS DAY!! IT WILL ALSO SET A FLAG ON YOUR BOARD THAT TELLS ME WHY IT QUIT, AND BOY WILL WE CHARGE YOUR BAD-SELF TO TURN THEM BACK ON! LOOK, LET'S GET TO THE BOTTOM LINE. WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME PUTTING COPY PROTECTION ON THE BOARDS WE DO AND A LOT OF TIME PUTTING THE SAME ON OUR SOFTWARE, YOU KNOW THIS IS THE ONLY FIX FOR YOUR BOARDS AND WE WILL ALWAYS BE FIRST WITH THE ONLY ACCEPTIBLE FIXES FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF BOARDS, SO WHY TRY TO CHEAT US, IT'S LIKE CUTTING YOUR OWN THROAT. JUST WORK WITH US. NOW YOU SMART GUYS WHO THINK YOU CAN DEFEAT OUR COPY PROTECTION SURELY CAN'T WAIT TO TRY, SO GO AHEAD, TRY, I HOPE YOU TURN-OFF LOT'S OF BOARDS TRYING TO COPY THEM, AND I HOPE YOU DO THOUSANDS OF BOARDS USING COPIED SOFTWARE. THE RESULTS OF BOARD TAMPERING IS IMMEDIATE, THE COPIED SOFTWARE WILL HURT YOU FAR WORSE, YOU WILL GET CONFIDENT WITH YOUR COPIED SOFTWARE TILL ONE DAY WHEN THEY ALL QUIT WORKING AT ONCE! I WARNED YOU SO DON'T CRY TO ME FOR A DISCOUNT WHEN WHAT I WARNED YOU OF COMES TO PASS. MR. ORIGINAL: DO NOT COPY FROM THIS DISK IN ANY WAY, ALL OR PART OF THESE PROGRAMS USE THIS DISK TO DO ALL YOUR WORK FROM. NEVER COPY FROM THIS DISK, ESPECIALLY TO A HARD DISK DRIVE! IF YOUR COPY HAS A PROBLEM I WILL PROVIDE ANOTHER ONE FREE OF CHARGE BUT NEVER COPY FROM THIS DISK! NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER WRITE PROTECT THIS DISK NOTE YOU MAY COPY ANY FILE FROM THIS DISK EXCEPT THE ORIGINAL FILES THAT ARE ON IT WHEN YOU GOT IT. THEY ALL HAVE A "VIRUS". EVEN THIS TEXT FILE HAS A "VIRUS" NEVER DELETE THIS TEXT FILE TO SELL THIS TO ANOTHER DEALER WITHOUT THIS FILE TO WARN THEM, BECAUSE WE HAVE SET FLAGS TO READ ON THE SCREEN WHEN NON ORIGINAL SOFTWARE BOARDS QUIT WORKING THAT WILL DISPLAY THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE: THIS BOARD DONE BY COPIED SOFTWARE ORIGINAL OWNER REMOVED THE WARNING FILE FROM HIS MASTER. HE WAS WARNED ALL COPIES OF THIS NATURE WOULD QUIT CONTACT YOUR DEALER TO HAVE THIS VCII REAUTHORIZED-IT WILL NOT BE FREE. GOOD LUCK, AND I APOLOGIZE TO YOU IF YOU HAVE NO INTENTION OF COPYING THIS SOFTWARE OR TAMPERING WITH YOUR BOARDS. THIS MESSAGE IS FOR THE BENEFIT OF A VERY FEW WHO WILL CRY WHEN THEY SAY THEY WERE NOT WARNED. THEY ARE NOW OFFICIALLY WARNED!!!