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Re: NEW KEYBOARD!! HURRAY! (Dongles! Boo!)

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From: William Shipley
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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