Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Fast Hack''em was a Commodore 64 nibbler and disk editor written by Mike J. Henry and released in 1985. It was distributed in the U.S. via Henry''s "Basement Boys Software", and in the U.K. via Datel Electronics. In the U.S., it retailed for $29.95.The most popular feature of Fast ...Full description
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Fast Hack''em was a Commodore 64 nibbler and disk editor written by Mike J. Henry and released in 1985. It was distributed in the U.S. via Henry''s "Basement Boys Software", and in the U.K. via Datel Electronics. In the U.S., it retailed for $29.95.The most popular feature of Fast Hack''em was its ability to produce copies of copy-protected commercial software. When using the nibbler, disk copying was done on a very low level, bit-by-bit rather than using standard Commodore DOS commands. This effectively nullified the efficacy of deliberate disk errors, non-standard track layouts, and related forms of copy prevention. Copying a protected disk took approximately 60 seconds if being copied directly to another disk drive, or 3 minutes (plus several disk swaps) if performed using a single disk drive.