David Ledbury wrote: > Some already does ;) > > Especially if it happens to be the Atom ;)
Owners of the Atom still can't use the hard disk for existing protected titles tho - if I owned the hard disk I wouldn't be too happy about that. As usual, the protection ends up as more of a disadvantage for the legal owner, as people that want to hack/copy them will still do it anyway. SAM software disks could always be personalised with the details of the owner before being sent out, as people will be a lot less likely to distribute disks if their name and address is part of them. The Spectrum emulator Z80 does (or at least _did_) this, and sections of code are decrypted using those details to stop a simple patching job from getting around it. It wouldn't help the software already out there, but it'd be a start. Selling the software on to someone else would be interesting tho! Si
