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- From: griswoldj@bntley.bntley.ingr.com (John Griswold)
- Subject: Re: Uniquely identifying a Mac? How?
- Message-ID: <griswoldj-181292094730@jlg_mac.bntley.ingr.com>
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- Organization: Bentley Systems (Development)
- References: <9235010.4295@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU> <1992Dec15.121756.23075@kth.se> <1gm3ioINN9uh@calvin.NYU.EDU> <1992Dec17.162820.12863@waikato.ac.nz> <1992Dec17.105813.18407@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> <de19-171292172316@mac19-pg2.umd.edu> <1992Dec17.223200.15385@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu>
- Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 14:51:09 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec17.223200.15385@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu>,
- ematias@dgp.toronto.edu (Edgar Matias) wrote:
- >
- >
- > > OK, now that would either be in a custom chip or in the Roms, but in
- > > either case it would be WELDED on to the logic board, right?
- > >
- >
- > No, it would be in a socket. That way, if you had to swap for a new
- > board you could simply pull it out of the old board and stick it in
- > the new one. No wielding required.
- >
-
- And what happens when I upgrade my machine (like I just recently did). Do
- I have to go and buy all new software. Forget that, I will deal with
- software companies that can deal with *real* users. If you have to deal
- with some form of hardware lock I would prefer the dongle approach. You
- know those little inline boxes that can hang off of the ADB. But I prefer
- to not even deal with that.
-
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