TIL Western Security, Ltd. was doing the GameCube/Wii copy protection scheme on floppies, in 1985. (cc @tmbinc)
https://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2020/12/the-cleverest-floppy-disc-protection.html …
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OK, so, if I have Locksmith 5.0 or Beagle Bros., I'm all set?
Unless those things can calibrate your drive's spin speed to be exactly the same as the mastering drive's, to within 100x more precision than usual, or your drive controller's bit clock to compensate for the same, then no.
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so... stuff it into a disassembler and best on it until it works?
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That works for every protection. The challenge isn't cracking the software, it's duplicating the disk *without* doing that.
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