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From: wtm@neoucom.UUCP (Bill Mayhew)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Copy Protection Questions (Sad, very sad)
Summary: use a dongle
Keywords: Dr. T
Message-ID: <1568@neoucom.UUCP>
Date: 9 Apr 89 16:56:05 GMT
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I won't use a sequencer on stage that needs a key disk for the same
reason that I wouldn't consider using a look-up-a-word-in-the-manual
system.  It is just too easy for something like a 3.5" floppy to
get lost in the shuffle of setting-up or tearing-down on the road.

I don't like dongles either, but at least a dongle can be firmly
attached to the computer to avoid loss.  The Rainbow Technologies
dongle for IBM PCs costs about $26 in 100-lots.  Given the quality
of Dr. T software, most users wouldn't shy away if the product cost
$26 more.

Key disks are a joke anway, I haven't seen one yet that has stood
up to concerted hacking.  Even dongles can be copied.  Back when
Autocad for the IBM PC used dongle protection, clone dongles were
readily available though underground vendors at flea markets.

Bill