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From: cbm@well.sf.ca.us (Chris Muir)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer,comp.protocols.appletalk
Subject: Re: Idea for painless copy protection
Summary: Don't turn Appletalk on to do it.
Message-ID: <22973@well.sf.ca.us>
Date: 2 Feb 91 20:08:19 GMT
References: <1991Jan27.144523.20674@phri.nyu.edu>
Organization: Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link, Sausalito, CA
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> When the program starts up, it installs something which listens for
> broadcast packets to a specific port...

One thing that bugs me about this method is that some programs,
like Disk Express II, turn on AppleTalk to do their search. This 
plays havoc with MIDI programs, both in timing accuracy and in
port access.

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Chris Muir                              |   "There is no language in our
cbm@well.sf.ca.us                       |    lungs to tell the world just
{hplabs,pacbell,ucbvax,apple}!well!cbm  |    how we feel"  - A. Partridge