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Disable password protection on an Alto disk by zeroing out the password flag in sys.boot
# Disable password protection on an Alto disk by zeroing out the password flag in sys.boot
import sys
import subprocess
diskContents = None
# Get word at the word offset in the disk file
def getWord(wordOffset):
return ord(diskContents[2 * wordOffset]) + ord(diskContents[2 * wordOffset + 1]) * 256
def getSector(addr):
# Convert address (sector/cylinder/head) into a linear address
sec = addr >> 12
cyl = (addr >> 3) & 0x1ff
h = 1 if (addr & 0x4) else 0
n = sec + (cyl*2 + h) * 12
offset = n*(256 + 10 + 1)
header = [getWord(offset + i) for i in range(1, 3)]
label = [getWord(offset + i) for i in range(3, 11)]
data = [getWord(offset + i) for i in range(11, 267)]
return header, label, data, offset
# Print the specified sector label
def printLabel(label):
print 'next: %04x, previous: %04x, numChars: %d, pageNumber: %x, fileId: (v %x, %x %x)' % (label[0], label[1], label[3], label[4], label[5], label[6], label[7])
def main():
global diskContents
# Read disk contents
filename = 'parc-37-wyatt-mesa-3.dsk'
if len(sys.argv) > 1:
filename = sys.argv[1]
with open(filename) as f:
diskContents = f.read()
# Read sector 0 of disk, i.e. copy of sys.boot
header, label, data, offset = getSector(0)
printLabel(label)
# Read second sector of sys.boot, using the next block pointer in the label
nextAddr = label[0]
header, label, data, offset = getSector(nextAddr)
printLabel(label)
print 'Password vector:',
for word in data[128:128+9]:
print '%04x' % word,
print
# Zero the password flag word
with open(filename, 'r+') as f:
# Seek to word 128 in sector, skipping 11 words of header + label
f.seek((offset + 11 + 128) * 2)
f.write('\0\0')
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()
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