A look at Locksmith, a disk copy program that let Apple II users duplicate floppy disks, kickstarting one of the earliest copy protection battles of the PC era
Laine Nooney / VICE : Tweets: @janusrose , @sierra_offline , @motherboard , and @motherboard Tweets: @janusrose : i'm lowkey obsessed with @Sierra_OffLine's history of early software piracy & copy protection, specifically this advisory from the Apple II DOS manual: “A diskette may get lost, or a dog may chew it; someone may decide to use it as a frisbee at the beach” https://www.vice.com/... https://twitter.com/... @sierra_offline : a 'lil APPLE II AGE launch day drop courtesy me and @motherboard: “Don't Copy That Floppy,” a book excerpt about The Locksmith, a long-forgotten piece of copy breaking software that set the Apple II world on fire https://www.vice.com/... @motherboard : This week on Cyber, author Laine Nooney (@Sierra_OffLine) comes on to talk about how the Apple II computer ushered in a new world of personal computing. https://www.vice.com/... @motherboard : A computer historian tells the story of one of the earliest copy protection battles of the personal computer era. https://www.vice.com/...