On Wed, 21 Apr 1999 09:27:02 +0100 Wed, 21 Apr 99 20:00:12 BST, "Si Owen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>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! That sounds like a good idea. In theory an installer program that could only work with a personalised key; showing the purchaser's name and address at the start of the game, etc. I guess that's where the PIIIs ID number might be handy in future. However, I don't think Chris would be interested in doing retrospective protection work for his old games. :) Dave
