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From: falken@caen.engin.umich.edu (David R  Falkenburg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: How do you get a "Unique" Mac ID...
Summary: node locking software is stupid, remember the Lisa?
Message-ID: <410c51a6.1285f@maize.engin.umich.edu>
Date: 24 Jan 89 03:58:00 GMT
References: <20963@ames.arc.nasa.gov>
Organization: U of M Engineering, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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In article <20963@ames.arc.nasa.gov>, soe@ames.arc.nasa.gov (Brad Soe) writes:
> 
> I want to find a way to get a Unique Macintosh ID (like the 
> Mac's serial number) under software. Is there some unique ID
> number stored away in a System Resource or something? It doesn't
> have to be backwards compatible (with Mac+ or Mac 512),
> but just some unique number that can be accessed in this way.
> I just need some number that is unique for each Macintosh.
> 
> Thanks 
> 
> Brad Soe
> soe@ames.arc.nasa.gov

Why on earth do you need such a thing?  Are you using it for something useful
(like network node id assignement) or just to "node-lock" a software package.

There should be no reason you need such a unique number-- not only is it
almost certainly uneccessary, but such "measures" make things a pain in
the *&^( to administer.  Remember keeping your Lisa Office System Originals?

Rumor has it that NeXT might be using node-locking as a strategy for sw
distribution-- BIG MISTAKE.

-dave

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