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Version analysis of doPROT1

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       Name: doPROT1
       Type: Subroutine
   Category: Copy protection
    Summary: Routine to self-modify the loader code



 This routine modifies various bits of code in-place as part of the copy
 protection mechanism. It is called with A = &48 and X = 255.



.doPROT1

 LDY #&DB               \ Store &EFDB in TRTB%(1 0) to point to the keyboard
 STY TRTB%              \ translation table for OS 0.1 (which we will overwrite
 LDY #&EF               \ with a call to OSBYTE later)
 STY TRTB%+1

 LDY #2                 \ Set the high byte of V219(1 0) to 2
 STY V219+1

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 STA PROT1-255,X        \ Poke &48 into PROT1, which changes the instruction
                        \ there to a PHA

 CMP swine-5,X          \ This part of the loader has been disabled by the
                        \ crackers, by changing an STA to a CMP (as this is an
                        \ unprotected version)

 LDY #&18               \ Set the low byte of V219(1 0) to &18 (as X = 255), so
 STY V219+1,X           \ V219(1 0) now contains &0218

 RTS                    \ Return from the subroutine