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Article #859Re: NEW KEYBOARD!! HURRAY! (Dongles! Boo!)
From: William Shipley
Date: Sat, 08 Aug 1992 09:56
Date: Sat, 08 Aug 1992 09:56
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Eric P. Scott states strongly: [ in response to rumor that new keyboard is ADB compatible ] > Translation: meaning that [certain] software vendors would be > encouraged to proliferate ADB-dongle "copy protection." > > Let's hope this is yet another unfounded (and inaccurate) rumor. > > -=EPS=- I'm not in a position to comment on whether the new keyboard is ADB or not, but it does seem like you're jumping the gun a bit in your predictions of gloom. I hate dongles possibly even as much as you, but I doubt even the lamest of software vendors (some names spring to mind) would write off the ENTIRE market of currently installed machines and sell only to new machines with the hypothetically ADB keyboard. Besides, we don't put up with annoying copy protection on the NeXT, right? Right? -W
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!usc!rpi!usenet.coe.montana.edu!news.u.washington.edu!news From: wjs@blorf.cpac.washington.edu (William Shipley) Subject: Re: NEW KEYBOARD!! HURRAY! (Dongles! Boo!) Message-ID: <1992Aug8.095624.4644@u.washington.edu> Sender: news@u.washington.edu (USENET News System) Organization: University of Washington References: <1992Aug8.055643.24650@csus.edu> Date: Sat, 8 Aug 1992 09:56:24 GMT Lines: 21