Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!shelby!msi.umn.edu!noc.MR.NET!gacvx2.gac.edu!hhdist From: TNAN0@CCVAX.IASTATE.EDU Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds Subject: RE: Copying ROM cards Message-ID: Date: 15 Feb 91 08:22:00 GMT Lines: 19 Return-path: To: handhelds@gac.edu X-VMS-To: IN%"handhelds@gac.edu" > Seems to me that someone is not living in the real world here. If you're > afraid of losing something vital that costs you $500, then it's time you > bought some insurance and used it. [more stuff] Look, it's simple. If I buy a $500 piece of software, I buy the software (or perhaps the right to use it under a licensing agreement). I am NOT paying $500 for a stupid little piece of metal and silicon that can be broken by normal use (yes, this includes the occasionally dropping, jarring, and possible stepping-on that calculators typically endure). Therefore, I expect the packaging of the product I am purchasing to be protected against such harm. In this case, it is a rom card. I will NEVER pay $500 for a ROM card... But the indefinite use of the software is WORTH $500. This is my point. It is not my responsibility to protect the frail storage techniques of these card vendors, so... The vendor will either replace my cards for free or I shall copy them myself for personal protection. Thank goodness you don't lose ownership of your car if your title gets burned in a fire, aye??? ---Xeno