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- From: dcw-a@minster.york.ac.uk
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn
- Subject: Re: RISC OS 3 Impression...
- Message-ID: <722447693.27678@minster.york.ac.uk>
- Date: 22 Nov 92 15:54:53 GMT
- References: <1992Nov18.134447.184@ugle.unit.no> <1992Nov19.155320.13510@cs.nott.ac.uk> <1992Nov20.174154.7052@cs.nott.ac.uk>
- Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of York, England
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- In article <1992Nov20.174154.7052@cs.nott.ac.uk> rsxdp@unicorn.nott.ac.uk (D.Pead) writes:
- >In article <1992Nov19.155320.13510@cs.nott.ac.uk> smb@cs.nott.ac.uk (Simon Burrows) writes:
- >>
- >>Why couldn't the unique ID number be incorporated into a removable piece
- >>of the computer (like a dongle)? This would get around many of the
- >>problems of unique ID numbers, and multiple dongles.
- >>
- >Apparently the ID chip can be transplanted - When I heard Acorn talking about
- >their protection scheme they said that dealers were under instructions
- >to swap the ID chips over if they ever had to replace the main board
- >on a machine taken in for repairs.
- >
- >Don't know if this means that the chip is socketed.
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- No, if any dealers have to replace a motherboard they have to return the motherboard
- to acorn in a special box, and Acorn engineers swap the ID chip into a new board. Annoying for
- a lot of dealers because this takes some time...
-
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- Doug.
-