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- From: smb@cs.nott.ac.uk (Simon Burrows)
- Subject: Re: Acorn news release: Advance
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.131726.21494@cs.nott.ac.uk>
- Organization: Nottingham University
- References: <21080@acorn.co.uk> <1jm1a7INNca@oak47.doc.ic.ac.uk> <1993Jan22.120539.19118@cs.nott.ac.uk>
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 93 13:17:26 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan22.120539.19118@cs.nott.ac.uk> rsxdp@unicorn.nott.ac.uk (D.Pead) writes:
- >- Software installed on machines with no ID chip was unprotected (Maybe
- > software installed on a machine with ID would complain if run on
- > a system without one? This would make sense and would deter people
- > from just removing the chips).
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- I agree with what you say, but it sounds crazy! After all, the majority
- of machines currently in use do not have an ID chip, and so default to
- number zero, the same as if you rip the ID chip out of a newer machine.
- This protection seems to be of very limited use, and I can't imagine
- that it will do much to stop the problem of illegal software copying.
-
- Simon
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