Ok, Joe is, no doubt, correct on this. My recollection must have been
for V2.x.
Joe wrote:
> 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.
>>
>>
>
>
> .
>
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Dave Mabry dmabry_at_mich.com
Dossin Museum Underwater Research Team
Received on Wed Oct 01 2003 - 13:19:44 BST