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From: John
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 00:00

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I have an idea of how to implement a copy protection scheme into my program.

My idea is to store the serial number of the installation floppy disk in a
hidden file on the disk. The installation program will then check this file
to see if the contents match the serial no. of the floppy disk. If they do
not match (i.e. the program has been copied), the installation program will
not run.

Does anyone know an easy way to read the serial number of a floppy disk into
a string in Turbo Pascal 7?

Also does anyone know of any better ways to add copy protection to a program
which can be easily implemented in TP7? I realise that no copy protection
technique is perfect.

Any help greatly appreciated,

John Skilbeck,
jps@peachworld.com

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From: "John" <jps@peachworld.com>
Subject: Copy protection schemes
Date: 1998/09/29
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