Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!cimshop!davidm From: cimshop!davidm@uunet.UU.NET (David S. Masterson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Superplan copy protection Message-ID: Date: 29 Dec 90 08:00:22 GMT References: <1990Dec28.013254.24482@cs.umn.edu> Sender: davidm@cimshop.UUCP Distribution: comp Organization: Consilium Inc., Mountain View, California Lines: 27 In-reply-to: tim@lenti.med.umn.edu's message of 28 Dec 90 01:32:54 GMT X-Posting-Software: GNUS 3.12 [ NNTP-based News Reader for GNU Emacs ] >>>>> On 28 Dec 90 01:32:54 GMT, tim@lenti.med.umn.edu (Tim Leonard) said: Tim> Can anyone tell me what kind of copy protection Superplan (the Tim> spreadsheet) uses? I read in Amiga World that it uses the dreaded dongle Tim> but is also available in a non-copy protected version for $10 more. Tim> Creative computers only lists one version and couldn't tell me which it Tim> was. Superplan (and Superbase) are dongle protected out of the box. Precision Software is a European based software developer (England, I think) where copy protection is almost mandatory (I saw recent figures suggesting that software piracy is larger than software sales in Germany). However, the non-copy protected version of either is available for a nominal fee (~$10) from Precision in their Dallas office: Precision, Inc. 8404 Sterling St., Suite A Irving, Tx 75063 (214) 929-4888 -- ==================================================================== David Masterson Consilium, Inc. (415) 691-6311 640 Clyde Ct. uunet!cimshop!davidm Mtn. View, CA 94043 ==================================================================== "If someone thinks they know what I said, then I didn't say it!"