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- From: clemens@faui8a.informatik.uni-erlangen.de (Clemens Beckstein)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
- Subject: Re: PC/DACS: Cheap Security for OS/2!
- Message-ID: <BuIy44.HFH@epix.rrze.uni-erlangen.de>
- Date: 13 Sep 92 16:07:16 GMT
- References: <1992Sep12.045724.23296@midway.uchicago.edu> <682@riscy.simplot.com>
- Sender: news@epix.rrze.uni-erlangen.de (News-Administration)
- Organization: Regionales Rechenzentrum Erlangen
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- rshelley@riscy.simplot.com (Robert Shelley) writes:
-
- >I am using PC/DACS for OS/2 with 2.0 and so far no problems with
- >software conflicts of any kind. We have it on a model 90 with
- >Lan Server Entry, DCC/2, and Comm Manager running. The install
- >is easy and flawless and you can password protect your boot disk
- >so even if someone uses that they have to know the password. If
- >you boot with just any old disk you have access to drive A and
- >that is it. You get the DEVICE NOT FOUND error. If you lose
- >or damage your boot disk you can disable boot protection (assuming
- >you can access the hard drive) and then create another when you
- >re-enable boot protection. I have not tried booting from A and
- >using the PC/DACS install isks to try to access the system, but,
- >I suspect it won't work.
-
- >Robert rshelley@riscy.simplot.com
- >My own opinion.....NOT JR's
-
- well, well... so where can I get this phenomenal piece of software
- (email, snail mail, FAX)?
-
- Cheers,
-
- - Clemens
-