For whatever reason this reminded me of my 1st,and as it turned out, only foray into hacking many years ago.
I bought Mastercam original version 9 ( not X9, we are talking ancient software here) off of that
Warez pirate website for like $5. Right after its release. I actually ran a legit licensed seat at work, so I
wasn’t completely being a software thieving dickhead, just “fair use” if you will. I d/l the whole file on a
phone modem at creep speed and it took like a week,lol.
I remember after installing it you ran the executable “crack” file labeled with an icon of an ax smashing glass.
Even made the the sound of glass breaking when you ran it to confirm it cracked the software.
It actually ran perfectly and included a working post. Added bonus I didn’t end up with a nasty virus on PC.
Or maybe I did but didn’t know, lol.
And no I didn’t sell copies of it. That would have been a real dickhead move.
Just used to practice CNC programming at home and simulation.
Think I might even still have the disc somewhere buried.
End of boring story.....Go Bitcoin....