Source: http://www.megalextoria.com/wordpress/index.php/2014/02/07/hardcore-computist-issue-no-24/
Hardcore Computist was originally titled Hardcore Computing. It was briefly split into two separate publications: Core and Hardcore Computist. Core only lasted three issues and then was folded into a column as part of Hardcore Computist (which was eventually renamed to just Computist). Regardless of the title it was a magazine dedicated to the Apple II line of computers. It covered a variety of topics but one thing that made it unique was its focus on the removal of copy protection from software.
Issue number 24 (from 1985) includes the following:
softkeys
- Electronic Arts Software - As an update to the Electronic Arts softkey appearing in Hardcore Computist No. 13, this article shows how to deprotect three more EA releases (Seven Cities of Gold, Archon II: Adept, and Adventure Construction Set).
- Grolier Software - Make backups of the Knowledge Explorer series of programs from Grolier Educational Software.
- Xyphus - Fight evil in the form of altered markers and address headers on this Ultima-style adventure.
- F-15 Strike Eagle - Blow away enemy pilots and shoot down an ambitious copy-protection scheme.
- Injured Engine - Between inside views of an engine with this game, take a good look at how it was protected.
feature
- Essential Data Duplicator copy parms - The latest list of parameters for E.D.D. III, as provided to us by Utilico Microware. Check this list for all your favorite programs.
core
- Direct Sector Access From DOS - Add two new useful commands for reading and writing sectors directly to and from the disk. It's almost like having a built-in sector editor!
...and more!
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Computer Gaming World (January/February 1987)
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Spaceward Ho! (1995)
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