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From: bh1e+@ANDREW.CMU.EDU (Brendan Gallagher Hoar)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: AppleLink PE woes
Message-ID: <4XMdm9t48k-0M5o0xs@andrew.cmu.edu>
Date: 24 Oct 88 02:59:21 GMT
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Its obvious what the problem with your ACU was...

the files AREN'T supposed to be in the prefix or in the volume directory...

they should be in an ACU directory

/volname/xxxalinkdirectoryname

should contain all alink files plus the new OV20 file you were supposed to dl

then in
/volname/xxxalinkdirname/ACU

the files ACU00-03, ACUOV, ACU.CFG, and HELP0-2 are stored.

its not that hard.

Also, the reason that there is a complicated process for downloading upgraded
Alink software is that the password (which changes with every login) is saved todisk on every login.

So, you download the new version on a NEW disk.
Say yes when it asks you to get the password stuff from the old disk, and then
you can login with the new software.

The password that changes with every login feature makes the ALink software
useable from only one disk...copies of the disk won't work, because, as soon
as you run one of them and login, the other one's password is no longer valid.

Its not copy protection, its ACCOUNT protection.

You can copy the disk...whichever (the copy or original) is used to log in on
will be the only one that will work the next time.
Brendan G. Hoar
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA
bh1e+@andrew.cmu.edu