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Article #23509Re: Copy protection and the consumer (dongles)
From: Scott R. Anderson
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1988 05:13
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1988 05:13
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In article <1852@optilink.UUCP> cramer@optilink.UUCP (Clayton Cramer) writes:
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>> What are "dongles"?
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>A "dongle" is a gadget that attaches to your serial port and when interro-
>gated, returns a unique number which the software being protected knows
>about.
What is the etymology of this strange word? Is it perhaps derived from
"dangle", because it dangles off of the serial port?
Does anyone know of any software that makes use of a dongle on
the Apple Desktop Bus?
* Scott Robert Anderson
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!homxb!mtuxo!mtune!codas!ufcsv!gatech!emory!phssra From: phssra@emory.uucp (Scott R. Anderson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.misc Subject: Re: Copy protection and the consumer (dongles) Message-ID: <2485@emory.uucp> Date: 25 Jan 88 05:13:17 GMT References: <4663@watdragon.waterloo.edu> <22628@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> <1852@optilink.UUCP> Reply-To: phssra@emory.UUCP (Scott R. Anderson) Organization: Department of Physics, Emory University, Atlanta Lines: 19