Re: Using the serial # in ROM as a copy protection mechanism...?

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From: Matthew Dillon
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 05:04

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In article <1992Dec19.122423.632@uunet!cbmvax!xmws!kripalu> harit@kripalu.com writes:
>In article <1992Dec17.230932.16643@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu>
>
>alone machines copying the software: as an administrator I would prefer some
>kind of plug in key off the serial port to being tied to a motherboard serial
>number.
>
>That is my two cents.

    AARRRGRG!! :-)  No serial or parallel port dongles!  They are a mess...
    a huge mess.  I have to deal with them on our IBM's and, frankly, it is
    WORSE then machine-id keys.

					-Matt

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Subject: Re:  Using the serial # in ROM as a copy protection mechanism...?
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