Author: Don Prohaska
Date: 16:59:37 11/29/98
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I don't want you to think I could not reinstall Hiarcs or M-Chess. It just got to be a hassle to find I couldn't boot the program after certain changes to my system. Both Hiarcs and M-Chess are fine programs. Copy protection is needed since so many out there think not paying for some ones property is the way to go. I don't know what the answer is. I am probably the only one in the world that thought the Dongle was a good idea. Anyway, I wish there was a fool proof way to protect the programmers property. At least we don't have many of the 3 install programs around anymore. With all the hardware updates I am afraid our 3 install chess programs would be null and void! On November 29, 1998 at 16:33:41, Mark Uniacke wrote: > >On November 29, 1998 at 14:52:55, Don Prohaska wrote: > >>The problem with some of the copy protected chess programs on dos is that any >>change in your configuration causes a reinstall. Sometimes that doesn't work if >>the software insists that you uninstall the program before you can reinstall it. >>That means if you add some or change some hardware in your computer, you might >>not be able to reinstall. I find that both Hiarcs and M-chess have this kind of > >We have not been using a "hard" copy protection scheme since March 1997. >Perhaps the CP on this older version was being tricked by the new hardware into >thinking something "fishy" was going on. This could cause a CP rejection and >hence >reinstallation of the older floppy disk versions using CopyControl as it is >called. > >We now use a much more user friendly CP on the CD-ROM versions of HIARCS 6.0 >and HIARCS 7.0 which does not get affected by such hardware changes (unless >you don't have a CD-ROM drive anymore) > >Regards, > Mark > >>problem, even though I have lucked out sometime back. The last time this >>happened I just didn't bother with those programs, which means I have no >>intention of upgrading. Frustrating! >> >>On November 29, 1998 at 07:17:06, Micheal Cummings wrote: >> >>> >>>On November 29, 1998 at 05:11:53, Timothy J. Frohlick wrote: >>> >>>>On November 29, 1998 at 04:32:29, Gary Phillips wrote: >>>> >>>>>I format my hard drive and tried to install HIARCS6 back on. I can't deinstal >>>>>or install, can someone help me with this problem? This happen a while back and >>>>>had to send back the old disk back, I do not want to do this again and spend >>>>>more money. >>>>> >>>>>Thanks >>>>>Gary >>>> >>>> >>>>In reply, >>>> >>>>The good news is that with the price of new chess programs coming down you can >>>>get the full version of Hiarcs 7, which I hear is astoundingly strong. The bad >>>>news is that you are at the mercy of the producers of the software. You can >>>>understand their position. If I said that my dog ate my original disk do you >>>>think that the software seller should give me another one free? >>>> >>>>Cheer up, when Hiarcs 7 comes out some person might just give you a free copy >>>>of Hiarcs 6. >>>> >>>>Respectfully, >>>> >>>>Tim Frohlick >>> >>> >>>The copy protection on some software is totally stupid, and if something does go >>>wrong, then there should be an easy way of getting it fixed, otherwise I just do >>>not bother using software with stupid copy protection on it. >>> >>>I do not have Hiarcs6, but by the sounds of it, the producers sound stupid to me >>>for going overboard to a position if something goes wrong the only way to fix it >>>is to buy a totally new copy. >>> >>>Well least in Australia, we have some type of legislation that ignores some >>>stupid things like that. Maybe one reason why my local chess store does not sell >>>Hiarcs very well. Who wants to take the risk. >>> >>>Some might agree with the producers decision to make it like that, but where I >>>am from, we expect and get better service from our producers of software. >>> >>>Remember folks, software from Australia you can always rely upon.
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