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Lotus 1-2-3 Release 1A*
This version of 1-2-3 is known asRelease 1A*, which differs from the originalRelease 1A. This version contained files dated7-01-83,whereasRelease 1A contained files dated6-07-83.
Unlike theRelease 1A disks, these disk images are from the private PCjs diskcollection, and aside from theCopy-Protection Patch, we believe they are authentic copiesof the original distribution disks.
[PCjs Machine "ibm5150-123-1aa"]
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Directory of Lotus 1-2-3 1A* (1-System)
Volume in drive A has no label Directory of A:\IBMBIO COM* 4736 10-20-83 12:00pIBMDOS COM* 17024 10-20-83 12:00p123 EXE 89984 8-17-84 3:59p123 HLP 113416 7-01-83 1:23a123 CNF 256 7-01-83 1:23aLOTUS COM 481 7-01-83 1:23aLTSLOAD COM 10144 7-01-83 1:23aTD DRV 5294 7-01-83 1:23aGD DRV 2139 7-01-83 1:23aKB DRV 352 7-01-83 1:23aPR DRV 329 7-01-83 1:23a 11 file(s) 244155 bytes 72704 bytes freeDirectory of Lotus 1-2-3 1A* (2-Utility)
Volume in drive A has no label Directory of A:\IBMBIO COM* 1920 6-02-83 5:21pIBMDOS COM* 6400 6-02-83 5:21pLOTUS COM 481 7-01-83 1:23aLTSLOAD COM 10144 7-01-83 1:23aFILEMGR COM 17706 7-01-83 1:23aTRANSLAT COM 20187 7-01-83 1:23aVCWKS EXE 20224 7-01-83 1:23aDIFWKS EXE 18304 7-01-83 1:23aWKSDIF EXE 14336 7-01-83 1:23aDBFWKS EXE 16000 7-01-83 1:23aWKSDBF EXE 16128 7-01-83 1:23aIBM0HERC DRV 5293 7-01-83 1:23aIBM0MONO DRV 745 7-01-83 1:23aIBM0B&W DRV 5294 7-01-83 1:23aIBM0COLO DRV 5294 7-01-83 1:23aIBM1HERC DRV 2080 7-01-83 1:23aIBM1G1 DRV 2139 7-01-83 1:23aIBM1G2 DRV 2139 7-01-83 1:23aIBM2KB DRV 352 7-01-83 1:23aIBM3PR DRV 329 7-01-83 1:23aCPQ0TD DRV 745 7-01-83 1:23aBOTH BAT 1036 7-01-83 1:23aMONO BAT 1021 7-01-83 1:23aB&W BAT 1036 7-01-83 1:23aCOLOR BAT 1036 7-01-83 1:23aHERCULES BAT 1036 7-01-83 1:23aCOMPAQ BAT 1036 7-01-83 1:23aCONTINUE BAT 3837 7-01-83 1:23aFIXDOS COM 1195 7-01-83 1:23aTD DRV 5294 7-01-83 1:23aGD DRV 2139 7-01-83 1:23aKB DRV 352 7-01-83 1:23aPR DRV 329 7-01-83 1:23a 33 file(s) 185587 bytes 116736 bytes freeDirectory of Lotus 1-2-3 1A* (3-Graph)
Volume in drive A has no label Directory of A:\IBMBIO COM* 1920 6-02-83 5:21pIBMDOS COM* 6400 6-02-83 5:21pGRAPH EXE* 62080 7-01-83 1:23aGRAPH HLP* 20747 7-01-83 1:23aGRAPH CNF* 384 7-01-83 1:23aLOTUS COM* 481 7-01-83 1:23aLTSLOAD COM* 10144 7-01-83 1:23aLOTUS DLB* 40889 7-01-83 1:23aBLOCK1 FON* 3597 7-01-83 1:23aBLOCK2 FON* 6593 7-01-83 1:23aITALIC1 FON* 6507 7-01-83 1:23aITALIC2 FON* 9076 7-01-83 1:23aROMAN1 FON* 4744 7-01-83 1:23aROMAN2 FON* 9117 7-01-83 1:23aSCRIPT1 FON* 5831 7-01-83 1:23aSCRIPT2 FON* 7726 7-01-83 1:23aTD DRV* 5294 7-01-83 1:23aGD DRV* 2139 7-01-83 1:23aKB DRV* 352 7-01-83 1:23aPR DRV* 329 7-01-83 1:23a 20 file(s) 204350 bytes 108544 bytes freeDirectory of Lotus 1-2-3 1A* (4-Tutorial)
Volume in drive A has no label Directory of A:\TUTOR EXE* 108800 7-01-83 1:23aTUTOR HLP* 4804 7-01-83 1:23aTUTOR CNF* 256 7-01-83 1:23aTUT0 TUT* 486 7-01-83 1:23aTUTA TUT* 32356 7-01-83 1:23aTUTB TUT* 19569 7-01-83 1:23aTUTC TUT* 14548 7-01-83 1:23aTUTD TUT* 24200 7-01-83 1:23aTUTE TUT* 25061 7-01-83 1:23aTUTF TUT* 21448 7-01-83 1:23aLESNA_1 WKS* 2944 7-01-83 1:23aLESNA_2 WKS* 1792 7-01-83 1:23aLESNB_1 WKS* 2816 7-01-83 1:23aLESNC_1 WKS* 2944 7-01-83 1:23aLESND_1 WKS* 2560 7-01-83 1:23aLESNE_1 WKS* 4224 7-01-83 1:23aLESNF_1 WKS* 4224 7-01-83 1:23aLESNF_2 WKS* 3456 7-01-83 1:23aTD DRV* 5294 7-01-83 1:23aGD DRV* 2139 7-01-83 1:23aKB DRV* 352 7-01-83 1:23aPR DRV* 329 7-01-83 1:23a 22 file(s) 284602 bytes 25600 bytes freeCopy-Protection Patch
The PCjsRelease 1A* System disk does not include any copy-protection features. Instead, the disk contains apatched copy of123.EXE which bypasses the usual copy-protection tests. The patch is described in the “unprotect”documentLOTUS.TXT:
There is another version of Lotus 123 also called Release 1Abut with a different copy-protection technique. It can beidentified by an "*" that displays on the first screen underthe "s" in the word "Release" Release 1A *To unprotect this version so it can be run on a hard diskwithout requiring the SYSTEM DISK in drive A, do the following:1. RENAME 123.EXE 123.XYZ2. DEBUG 123.XYZ3. Type U AB8C press ENTER You should see MOV CX,0002 if you don't, something is different and this won't work.4. Type E AB8C C3 press ENTER5. Type W6. Type Q7. RENAME 123.XYZ 123.EXEThat's it. It will now run from any drive. As always, this patchis provided so that honest people don't have to suffer theinconvienences imposed upon them by software manufacturers.WhenDEBUG is used to examine our123.EXE:
-U AB8C08F1:AB8C C3 RET08F1:AB8D 0200 ADD AL,[BX+SI]...This confirms that 1)C3 (RET) has been stored at the specified location, and 2) the remnants of aMOV CX,0002instruction still reside there.
WARNING: LOTUS apparently released other1A*123.EXE binaries, with the same size and date, but with rearrangedcontents. This may have been an attempt on their part to defeat a universal patch.