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From: hutchson@convex.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Ultima III/HELP NEEDED!!!
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Date: Fri, 21-Nov-86 19:43:00 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov 21 19:43:00 1986
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Nf-From: convex.UUCP!hutchson    Nov 21 18:43:00 1986


I too bought Ultima III (for an unnamed but non_Amiga-compatible system.)
After playing it for awhile (with, of course, a copy of the game disk--as
any idiot knows better than to use the MASTER copy!)  I noticed the precatory
shopkeepers also.  After some of the same experiments and some others (like
patching the history files!) I observed that the master copy would allow
purchases, but a working copy with presumably the same data would not.
     I took Ultima III back to the store.  I told them it would not work on my
system.  I did not elaborate:  my system includes not only my hardware but my
environment and the procedures I use to protect, load, and use data.  I got my
money back.
     As a programmer, I find their way of allowing people to make demonstration
disks by copying the master disk ingenious.  And I admit it amused me for an
hour or three.  But that's not the kind of puzzle I pay for.