[[Category:Total DOS Collection (TDC)]] '''[[:Category:Total DOS Collection (TDC)|The TDC Index]]''' Misc notes on applications that were interesting, weird or require some explanation. ==1984== TTT.EXE (possibly other utilities) do some checking for specific behavior of port 27D/27F or 37D/37F and terminate if not found. I'm not sure what these ports are -- they are near the standard parallel port, so perhaps related. It appears that Tecmar made PC peripherals, so the software may be limiting its use to systems containing them. The game in the Games\Files\1984 section has that port checking bypassed as it can be played fine without whatever hardware it may be looking for. ==1985== * Inventory Control vC.13 (1985)(BPI Systems, Inc.) [Application][!].zip - sourced from known good kfx/ima, 5x360k. 1 file conflict C03SYCNF.BPI of which the one from the DATA_ENTRY floppy renamed to C03SYCNF.BP_ ==1986== * Writing Assistant v2.0 [a1] (1986)(IBM) [Application].zip - 2x360k version. Base is 720k. Has correct(?) timestamp for WRITE.PRO and is different than the base in that the file VENDOR-#.DO1 is D-OH-1 and not D-zero-1. It's an unreadable file behind the on-disk protection. - crack: 
Comparing files WRITE.PG_ and WRITE.PGM
00003CB7: 06 B8
00003CB8: 8C 01
00003CB9: C8 00
00003CBA: 8E CB
* Lotus 1-2-3 v2.01 (1986)(Lotus Development Corporation) [Application][!].zip - sourced from known good kfx, 5x360k. There's a duplicate key disk in this collection (system_backup) which is identical to the main system disk except there is another 123.CMP. Not including it here as it's not needed now that we've got a crack for it. 123.CO_ is the original proteted file; 123.EXE is a new decrypted file, added. Launch with LOTUS.COM or go directly to 123.EXE ==1992== * MicroLeague Fantasy Manager - Baseball Edition (1992)(MicroLeague Sports Associaton) [Application, Sports].zip - If you select I on the main menu, 'Member Handle' is 006240672, and 'Password' is BIG=BOOK ==1998== * Unprotect Pro CD v7.0e (De) [b1][h1] (1998)(H&H Software Gbr) [Application].zip - CD-RIP/scene release, cracked and then graffiti'ed too. Lots of material deleted to reduce file size from 2xCDs to just 50MB. Best known dump.