#IP Copy Protection
27-Aug-92 01:27:17
Sb: #42743-#IP Copy Protection
Fm: Black Belt Systems 76004,1771
To: Leslie T. Bartiromo 72347,776
I think the issue is quite clear – IP is usable without a HAM-E as a VERY
powerful gfx processor. because it's available on BBS's all around the
country, telecomm in general, we're put in the rather strange position of
having distributed something which could, if generally usable, literally
destroy our marketplace.
Our solution was to make it unusable without a HAM-E attached; there is no
manual lookup, no codewheel, no CP at all. Just a password you enter IF
you can see it, which requires a HAM-E be attached.
That's the situation as it stands, and so it shall remain.
–Ben
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