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From: dick@ucsfcca.UUCP (Dick Karpinski)
Newsgroups: net.micro.mac
Subject: Re: Copy protection
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Date: Wed, 11-Dec-85 17:48:10 EST
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In article <5018@stolaf.UUCP> eilers@stolaf.UUCP (David V. Eilers) writes:
>> freezing copyable software on a ROM serial number, it appears that the
>> REALLY ideal scheme should identify the purchaser rather than the
>> machine.  The software should freeze on the buyer's fingerprint, or
>
>Interesting.  Sense we are simply dreaming up a system, a card could be
>given to every purchaser of a mac.  Simply plug that card (ROM?) into
>Dave Eilers

It is called a "dongle" and really effective ones incorporate a bit of
the application on the card.  This makes it very difficult to do 
without the dongle.  In volume they can be produced for about $20.
One way to employ them is by attaching to a modem port.  A cheap
micro chip with its subroutine in its ROM is enough.  Very effective.

Dick

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