Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!zephyr.ens.tek.com!tektronix!sequent!cseaman From: cseaman@sequent.UUCP (Chris "The Bartman" Seaman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Dongles to defeat piracy Message-ID: <49025@sequent.UUCP> Date: 19 Dec 90 17:52:16 GMT References: <910@macuni.mqcc.mq.oz> <9Baeu1w163w@kennels.actrix.gen.nz> Organization: Sequent Computer Systems, Beaverton, OR Lines: 21 sbeagle@kennels.actrix.gen.nz (Sleeping Beagle) writes: > Again, one of the best anti-pirate devices I saw was on Shadow of the > Unicorn for the Spectrum. It was a dongle with additional RAM and a > joystick port. Basically you had to have the dongle before you COULD play > the game! (It's a pity that the game was a flop... :-) An interactively used dongle may well defeat most pirates, but it will also (I suspect) defeat quite a number of sales. I decided long ago that I would never buy any piece of software, be it productivity or entertainment, which required the use of a dongle. I don't care what the relative merits of the software are, the existence of a dongle is the ultimate in inconvenience and insult to me as a user. Regards, Chris -- Chris (Insert phrase here) Seaman | /o -- -- -- cseaman@gateway.sequent.com ||| -- -- - I'm Outta Here, Man! ...!uunet!sequent!cseaman |vvvv/ -- -- - The Home of the Killer Smiley |___/ -- -- --