Norton track mod ---------------- Although DOS only utilizes 40 tracks (0-39) of a disk, Tandon floppy disk drives are capable of accessing 43 (0-42) tracks. Some copy protection schemes take advantage of this fact, and expect to see certain data beyond track 39. You can take a look at (& modify) any standard format data on these tracks by applying the following patches to Norton's Disklook & Secmod utilites. I found these patch areas in version 2.01, but I suspect that the corresponding areas can be readily found in other versions by searching for similar byte sequences. There are two code patches to make in both DL.COM & SM.COM. In all cases, the instruction of interest takes the form: CMP WORD PTR [xxyy],+28 which has the opcode: 83 3E yy xx 28 xxyy is the same for both patch areas in DL.COM, and the same for both patch areas in SM.COM, but will be different between SM & DL. In all cases, the patch to make is to change the '28' (hex for 40) to a '2B' (hex for 43). For version 2.01, the actual DEBUG commands are: For DL.COM: E AE2 2B E 3966 2B For SM.COM: E 512 2B E 3161 2B To change the warning prompt in the sector selection menu to reflect the new legal track number range: (in ver. 2.01) For DL.COM: E 7891 '42' For SM.COM: E 4A0E '42' **************************************************************** Also, the DOS 2.0 DISKCOPY utility can be made to copy out to track 42. The patches are: E 211 2B E 355 2B E 35C 2B