> On Tue, 22 Feb 2000 08:08:23 +0800, Ronald C. Dailey wrote:
> DosFax PRO (DOS version of Winfax) handles Y2K just fine without manual
> manipulation of the year in the scheduler or anywhere else. If you can
> find DosFax Pro through any used software source, it _may_ work better
> than MTEZ with _some_ modems. However, since DosFax Pro was not
> included with faxmodems (DosFax Lite and WinFax Lite were) it will be
> harder to find. I believe all the old Delrina (DosFax, WinFax) products
> were merged with Datastorm and then the combined company was bought by
> Quarterdeck and now Quarterdeck belongs to Symantec.
-Sam Heywood wrote:
-DosFax Lite is one of my favorite DOS fax programs. The only problem
-with it is that nowadays you can't install it even from an original,
-never used, installation disk. During the installation process the
-program prompts the user to dial some now non-working number at Delrina
-to register his copy. Until it is registered, you can't use it. If
-after several attempts you have a problem dialing the non-working number,
-then you will be presented with a message suggesting that you call another
-non-working number to request a key from a voice operator. Of course
-you won't be able to get through to either of these non-working numbers.
-The only way I have found to install DosFax Lite is to copy to your
-computer all the files from a working installation on another machine.
-Then you modify the setup on your machine accordingly. Resorting to
-this procedure does not constitute software piracy, IMHO, because the
-copyright holders refuse to continue to support this product.
-I would gladly send to anyone my key, if but only I could find where it
-is embedded and encrypted, and if I could successfully hack it.
-If anyone knows how to hack DosFax Lite, please let me know.
Could you ZIP me the whole application with the key installed, using
PKZIP -ex -P -r DOSFAX.ZIP So I have the original directories intact?
