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3D Studio R2 LOCKED?

    18-Mar-92 08:50:20
Fm: Syndesis 76004,1763
To: CSA/CA 76077,2774
That's why they invented the CD-ROM carrier. 🙂 I imagine it would only need the CD-ROM once at startup to check the lock, then you'd be free to swap ROMs. On the other hand, I'd think it would be a lot easier to break a CP scheme based on a CD than anything else. Hmm. Maybe not, there's lots of ways to do it. Look at the way the font and clip art companies like Adobe and Agfa have locked discs. There's two keys needed, the fonts on disc are encrypted, and your software on floppy is keyed, and you get a third key when it comes time to "unlock" the fonts you want.