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Subject: Re: DVD and Chess CDs

Author: Jouni Uski

Date: 22:16:11 11/18/98

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On November 18, 1998 at 14:23:25, Keith Ian Price wrote:

>On November 18, 1998 at 06:00:16, Jouni Uski wrote:
>
>>On November 17, 1998 at 20:44:40, Len Eisner wrote:
>>
>>>Does anybody know if a DVD drive can read (and refuel) Chess CDs that have copy
>>>protection (e.g., Fritz, Genius, etc.)?  Before I get one I want to make sure
>>>that there are no compatibility issues.
>>>
>>>Len
>>
>>Have Fritz and Genius really copy protection? Which kind of?
>
>Fritz 5 requires the CD to be inserted after a certain number of date changes.
>Somewhere between 14-20, I don't remember exactly. Each time it is run on a date
>different from the last one, it counts down 1. Genius 5 requires the CD to be
>inserted after 30 calendar days, or 95 uses, whichever comes first.
>
This is not copy protection - because You can copy CD.






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