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From: jnh@ece-csc.UUCP (Joseph Nathan Hall)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: It Sucks ... Re: DMCS upgrade policy, if any ?
Keywords: music
Message-ID: <4036@ece-csc.UUCP>
Date: 26 Apr 89 05:01:01 GMT
References: <255@my.sm.luth.se>
Reply-To: jnh@ece-csc.UUCP (Joseph Nathan Hall)
Organization: North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
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In article <255@my.sm.luth.se> Lars-Gunnar Taube <taube@my.sm.luth.se> writes:
>Greetings !
>
>As I am a relatively happy owner of a Macintosh II, and also
>happen to be interested in enjoyable noise (music), I would
>be happy to be able to run DMCS on my Mac. Unfortunately, I
>bought DMCS 2.0 before I bought my Mac. Recent articles in this
>newsgroup has lead me to believe that there exists a version
>2.5, which runs on MacII.
>
>What is the upgrade policy from Electronic Arts (if any)?
>
What's the upgrade policy?  Well, if you're like me (in a slightly different
situation), it goes like this:

1)	I buy DMCS at neighborhood computer store.

2)	Take it home.  Notice that it's COPY PROTECTED.  Yuck!  Bleech!
	Install it on my hard disk.

3)	Copy on hard disk becomes corrupted (though I've found no errors
	on it).  Now the original disk won't run and I can't install
	a copy on the hard disk anyway...

4)	Send disks back to EA for replacement.

5)	EA informs me that yes, they'll replace disk.  Also there's a
	non-copy protected version for $7.50 more (or something).

6)	Send EA check for $7.50.

7)	Receive replacement disks in mail.  Copy DMCS to hard disk.
	Double-click it.  Get the "Unauthorized copy" alert.
	Put new program disk in floppy drive.  Double-click DMCS there.
	Get the "Unauthorized copy" alert.  Boot from new program
	disk.  Double-click DMCS.  STILL get the "Unauthorized copy"
	alert.

I guess that my new copy of DMCS ISN'T copy-protected, at least in the
sense that it works just as well no matter how many copies I make of it
and no matter where I put them ...

I think it takes a lot of nerve to send a non-function replacement disk to
an irate customer.  I wonder what they'll send me THIS time ...

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