Copy Protection in the 80s, Showcased by Classic Game Dungeon Master

Making a copy of a purchased game used to be as simple as copying a disk. As the game industry grew, so did fear of revenue loss which drove investment in countermeasures. These mainly consisted of preventing the easy duplication of magnetic diskettes, or having users jump through tiresome hoops …read more

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How to identify whether a software being used is pirated or licensed from log files?

I got log files of a specific software of a couple of systems, I was trying to identify the pirated and genuine versions of the software by looking at them. I haven’t been able to figure it out with proof. Any suggestions wou… Continue reading How to identify whether a software being used is pirated or licensed from log files?

This SDR Uses A Tube

When you think of a software defined radio (SDR) setup, maybe you imagine an IC or two, maybe feeding a computer. You probably don’t think of a vacuum tube. [Mirko Pavleski] built a one-tube shortwave SDR using some instructions from [Burkhard Kainka] which are in German, but Google Translate is …read more

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