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- From: rdippold@qualcom.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold)
- Subject: Re: What is a "dongle"?
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- Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 03:26:14 GMT
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- Jeff Boyd <BOYDJ@QUCDN.QueensU.CA> writes:
- >In the current thread on copy-protection, the term "dongle" appeared.
- >What is a dongle? I've never before read it or heard of it.
-
- A little device that hangs off one of the ports on your computer,
- usually the parallel (printer) port for most PC stuff. It passes
- through regular data to the printer, so you can still use your
- printer.
-
- Given the condition of the backs of most PCs, they often qualify as a
- monumental pain in the ass. Luckily, removing dongle copy protection
- is usually less complex than removing a good complicated encryption /
- interpreter loader copy protection. But it gives software companies
- warm fuzzies.
- --
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