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From: mir@opera.chorus.fr (Adam Mirowski)
Newsgroups: comp.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: DOS 4.0 Volume Serial Numbers
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Date: 5 Mar 91 13:32:46 GMT
References: <12818@hubcap.clemson.edu> <1991Mar5.033219.369@nuchat.sccsi.com>
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In article <1991Mar5.033219.369@nuchat.sccsi.com>, paul@nuchat.sccsi.com (Paul Hutmacher) writes:
%% In article <12818@hubcap.clemson.edu> chrisb@hubcap.clemson.edu (Chris 
%% Behrens) writes:
%% >Is there a way to access these ??  Or is there a way to change them ??
%% 
%% And while we're at it, what the hell are they for?
I see 2 purposes:
- copy protection (upon installation an application stores the disk SN)
- diskette identification (although the Disk Change signal could be enough).
-- 
Adam Mirowski,  mir@chorus.fr (FRANCE),  tel. +33 (1) 30-64-82-00 or 74
Chorus systemes, 6, av.Gustave Eiffel, 78182 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines CEDEX