Subject: Computist Project and Spiradisc
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From: fadden@netcom.com (Andy McFadden)
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Date: 5 Dec 1999 09:28:27 GMT
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From _Hackers_, by Steven Levy:

'Mark's scheme involved arranging data in spiraling paths on the disk,
so information could not be accessed concentrically, like a needle following
a record, but in several spiraling paths.  That was why Mark called the
scheme "Spiradisk."  The different arrangement would thwart programs which
broke copy protection and allowed pirates to copy disks.  While not being
totally pirate-proof (nothing is), Mark's scheme would defy Locksmith, and
any other commercial scheme.  And would take a hell of a long time for
even a devoted hacker to crack.'

Heh.

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