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- From: paulk@terapin.com (Paul Kienitz)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
- Subject: Re: Attn Commodore: You are making a Big Mistake (Hardware
- Message-ID: <paulk.2xnz@terapin.com>
- Date: 25 Dec 92 17:11:04 GMT
- References: <BzqqyC.M1o@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca>
- Organization: BBS
- Lines: 18
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- > So why doesn't the Amiga have an OS friendly method of copy
- > protection?
-
- I thought that was a contradiction in terms
-
- > Give every Amiga a unique serial number implemented in hardware.
- > Just like every workstation has a unique hostid.
-
- That was tried with the Apple Lisa. For some reason Apple dropped
- the idea. I wonder why?
-
- > That would allow software vendors to provide software that is tied
- > to that hostid or multiple hostids.
-
- In a cheap game sold off of retail shelves? How does one implement
- this scheme without requiring that each customer get a physically
- different disk instead of a single mass-produced shrink-wrapped
- product?
-