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Richard Torrens (4qd@argonet.co.uk) wrote:
: On Feb 15th I placed an order with a supplier for two power-tec SCSI cards.

: After a lot of chasing and excuses they eventually arrived on June 5th after
: ##_15 weeks_##.

ISTR that the "excuses" you mentioned included those little CE regulations
that everyone seems to be getting so worked up about...

: I hate software protection. Which should have nothing to do with the power-tec
: card which is hardware.

Oh right. So you can have the hardware all by itself then. A load of use it
will be

: After getting thoroughly beeped at, you eventually �nd the installation 
: bit and have to write in a user name  etc: fairly normal protection 
: for software - but this is a **hardware SCSI card**.

Ummm. With firmware flash rom, I expect.

: We bought two cards. The software is on a 1.6mB disk and the second 
: computer is a 440/1 which only reads 800k discs. So I copied my 
: installation program onto another disc.

And thus broke the law by copying copyrighted software.

: say that he can't use the software as it as registered to me.

So make a copy of the original disks which he should have put in his
machine if it had had a HD disk. Since this one won't have been registered
to you, it should be fine.

: This is unforgivable in software. When the software has one of the largest
: dongles possible attached (the SCSI card) it is downright stupid and
: obstructionist. I bought SCSI cards, not software. The software 
: is incidental to the hardware. 

Crap. The software is one of the most important parts.

: I am emailing a copy of this to Allsystems for their reply but I wish I had
: bought a competitor's product. You are all warned.

We? Oh I'm shaking in my boots, oh no, you might not buy my product
because it's copy-protected.

Basically, your entire post was complaining that you are too stupid to read
the manual and don't actually understand anything at all about computers.

I suggest you blame your education instead of Alsystems, who (from
what you have said) have done no worse than any other supplier.

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