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From: cain@hpfcdj.HP.COM (Gary Cain)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Re: download library from EQ LIB card
Message-ID: <19440003@hpfcdj.HP.COM>
Date: 29 Jan 91 17:45:21 GMT
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In article / bgribble@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (Bill Gribble) /

>Just thinkin': this idea presents some interesting philosophical 
>  questions.  If there's an easy way to copy ROM cards, I don't know 
>  of it; but I'm sure somebody out there does.  The question is 
>  whether this information should be widely disseminated.  If it 
>  becomes public knowledge that any ROM card for the '48 could be
>  copied and, say, stored to disk, I think the effect on developers
>  would be even more drastic than it is in the "real" computer
>  industry.  The market for '48 software is pretty small; the effects
>  of piracy even on a small scale would be an economic factor 
>  developers couldn't ignore.  


How about letting the user pick & choose what function that he/she would like
to have resident in the HP48 at the same time ?
Or the possiblity of modifying the program to meet thier needs.

If you are worried about piracy, people would realize that a RAM module costs
more the the purchase of the ROM program.  Also by just copying the ROM you 
still need the manual.

Please do not tell me that :       (copying, backups, modifying) == piracy

Not all users have evil intentions.