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Article #146

Re: Copy Protection

#146
From: Dave Binette
Date: Fri, 23 Mar 1990 08:27
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>We wish to evaluate possible copy protection methods that could
>be used for PC software. One option we have examined is the use of
>a "dongle", could anybody suggest alternative methods (or references to
>articles which discuss them) which might not need the use of specific 
>hardware.
>Regards,
>	Dave Artus	<djna@datlog.co.uk or mcvax!datlog!djna>

If I get your s/w and it has a "dongle" included, I'll send it back
with a tube of "KY jelly".

With instructions.
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From: dbinette@van-bc.UUCP (Dave Binette)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.programmer
Subject: Re: Copy Protection
Message-ID: <271@van-bc.UUCP>
Date: 23 Mar 90 08:27:18 GMT
References: <2796@dlvax2.datlog.co.uk> <10210002@hpspcoi.HP.COM>
Reply-To: dbinette@van-bc.UUCP (Dave Binette)
Organization: Wimsey Associates
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