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- From: mingo@world.std.com (Charles H Mingo)
- Subject: Re: (!) SofatAT Demo location
- Message-ID: <Bz6wJ7.G6H@world.std.com>
- Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
- References: <parkyn.724003317@sfu.ca> <parkyn.724004017@sfu.ca> <Bz24BK.CAp@news.udel.edu>
- Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 08:49:55 GMT
- Lines: 43
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- johnston@me.udel.edu (Bill Johnston) writes:
- >I found the SoftAT demo on mac.archive.umich.edu in /mac/misc/demo.
- >
- >Here's a no-brainer: what about this thing makes it a demo?
- >
- >It was able to create its own virtual hard drive and run software
- >on DOS floppies. There was no documentation, and the only
- >indication that it was a demo version was the "Soft AT Demo"
- >that appears in the main window titlebar.
- >
- >I didn't test everything, but I didn't find any disabled
- >features either. Does it self-destruct?
-
- Perhaps the more pertinent question might be:
- is it a demo at all? Or is it a pirated copy posted to the archives?
-
- As far as I can tell:
-
- -- it is fully functional
-
- -- it is copyright Insignia, 1991
-
- -- the "About..." box does not contain any permission to
- redistribute, but on the contrary indicates that
- it is copy # AT-29002409/001 registered to "xf"
- of company: "fdgf". This is extremely suspicious.
-
- -- there is no README or other file indicating giving permission
- to distribute. The original post to mac.archive.umich.edu
- contains nothing but the binhexed file itself (no
- explanatory header, and no return address of poster).
-
- Does anyone know who posted this copy to the archives, or any facts
- relating to how it got there? I'm going to check with Insignia on
- Monday.
-
- Regards.
-
- --
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