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- From: u910826@bruny.cc.utas.edu.au (Louis siuoL)
- Subject: Re: Anti-Piracy by Serial Number ?
- Message-ID: <u910826.720949107@bruny>
- Sender: news@newsroom.utas.edu.au
- Organization: University of Tasmania, Australia.
- References: <1992Nov3.164011.4041@msdhsv.ingr.com>
- Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 07:38:27 GMT
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- john@fl_gator.b17a.ingr.com (John Eason) writes:
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- >Hello,
-
- > I noticed with DOS 5.0 that each floopy and hard disk has a unique
- > serial number. I would like to access this serial number from code.
- > If my code could check the number against a known serial number
- > I could detect whether the user has copied my code to another disk.
- > I am trying to hinder the piracy of my software as you might have
- > guessed. If anyone has any info it would be greatly appreciated.
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- > Email is prefered. Thanks.
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- Nice idea,
- but it's a pity it's so easy to change - try Diskedit from Norton Utils 6
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- Louis Solomon - a student at The University of Tasmania
- e-mail: u910826@bruny.cc.utas.edu.au
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- "If wishes were fishes, we'd all cast nets" - Dune
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