Date   : Fri, 21 Oct 1983 13:01:05 EDT
From   : Keith Petersen <w8sdz@brl>
Subject: Re: BASCOM Patch

If you bought your BASCOM directly from Heath it contains a routine that
checks to make sure it's running under Heath's implementation of CP/M. 
Since you changed operating systems, this would not return the correct
information and would prevent the program from running. This patch was
done by Heath to prevent non-Heath users from buying Microsoft programs
from Heath and running them on non-Heath systems. Heath sells Microsoft
programs cheaper than you can get them elsewhere. Contact Heath for
patching details.  They may be unwilling to provide this information if
you are trying to use the same software on two systems (software is
licensed for only one machine).  If you decide to try to find the routine
yourself, look at it with DDT to see what BASCOM does after you enter it
at 100H.
--Keith