On 2000-10-03 [EMAIL PROTECTED] <Chad> said:
Hi, Chad --
>I have some old old IBM software that I havn't been able to copy.
>It's called IBM Graphics Assistant Version 2.0. If I remember
>correctly it will allow to install the software a certain maximum
>of time, or copy the disk a certain number of times, one of thw two.
>...I can't remember after all, I guess :-)
I also have IBM Graphics Assistant (and have been able to install it),
and I believe that the program won't let you install it unless you allow
it to write to its disk -- where it presumably keeps track of the number;
this is version 1.00 (1984). The manual shows how to install the program
on floppy disks, but I don't see where there's a minimum number of installs
for using it that way; however, it *does* specifically say that if you
install it on a *hard disk*, you're only allowed five installation attempts.
With a CD, I suspect an installation program could be made to be sensitive
to a particular machine, which would make it reject being installed on
a different one. That would make it *appear* that you could only install
it once.
Jerry [o:--] "The" IBM AT/5170 model 319 [--^~---] 9600kbps/30M HD
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