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From: craparotta@craparotta.enet.dec.com (Joe Craparotta)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games
Subject: Re: OIDS: The good, the bad, the ugly.
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Date: 26 Feb 91 13:54:27 GMT
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In article <49605@apple.Apple.COM>, robg@Apple.COM (Rob Griffiths) writes...
> 
>In article 3270, wirehead@oxy.edu (David J. Harr) offers his insights on
>OIDS...I agree with most of his points, but would like to add my own $0.02...
> 
>First, the copy protection issue.  Yea, I don't like it. BUT it's easily
>removed (legally, too!) by simply mailing in your registration card.  Once
>this is done, they send you a "copy-option" code which will (supposedly, I
>haven't gotten mine yet!) remove the copy protection.  You can then play
>from the hard disk without the floppy in the drive.  Incidentally, this is
>about the least painless (in my opinion) method of copy protection -- no
>code wheel, no dark-burgundy colored text to read, no protected files on
>the hard disk -- just insert the floppy, and you're set.

I also bought OIDS and love the game. One of the best I've seen on a Mac 
so far.. I don't remember having to keep my master disk in the drive 
though when playing from my HD... I gotta check that out... I also sent in 
for the copy code and agree that it is the less instrusive on you.. Unless 
your disk takes a DIVE before you get a chance to copy it :-(... Now all I 
need is LODERUNNER (COLOR) for my CI and my son will never get on the 
Mac...:-))

Joe Craparotta	Craparotta@level.dec.com
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discalimer: The above are my Personal views and do NOT represent those of my 
EMPLOYER.. They don't listen to me anyway.. :-))