Lotus 1-2-3 v. 3.1 (DOS) copy protection ???

From: Joe <rigdonj_at_cfl.rr.com>
Date: Wed Oct 1 12:58:20 2003

  No it's not copy protected. V 3.1 was after Lotus lost their bid on a
LARGE US Government contract due to copy protection and they finally got
smart and removed the protection. I have a complete package of V 3.1 that
I've never installed. I looked through the docs and they say to backup the
disk using "Copy a:*.*" and the tutorial doesn't tell you to insert a
floppy disk when starting 123 so it doesn't use a key disk either.

  I have full sets of both 5 1/4 and 3 1/2 disks if you have any problems
making a copy.

  FWIW I'm pretty sure that version 1.xx were not protected. V 2.x were
protected and all versions after that were not protected.

    Joe


At 12:52 PM 10/1/03 -0400, you wrote:
>Does anybody know or remember
>
>Are 5-1/4" original diskettes for Lotus 1-2-3 v. 3.1 (DOS) copy protected
>in such a way as to prevent the diskettes from being copied to produce usable
>3.5" diskettes or a CD? I remember that the earliest versions of Lotus
>1-2-3 required the diskette in the floppy drive as a "key" for the program
>to start-up. I'm not sure what measures were taken for version 3.1.
>
>
Received on Wed Oct 01 2003 - 12:58:20 BST