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Subject: Re: CM6000 patch and Laptop problems with CD c.p.

Author: wayne johnson

Date: 14:21:07 12/09/98

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On December 09, 1998 at 00:36:54, Komputer Korner wrote:

>On December 08, 1998 at 10:11:55, Harald Faber wrote:
>
>>On December 08, 1998 at 08:50:04, Dan Kiski wrote:
>>
>>>>BTW do you see a chance for us to make programmers aware of the Laptop CD-rom
>>>>problem? I guess I am not the only one NOT having an internal CD-rom drive in my
>>>>laptop so guess which ones are my favourte programs on the laptop. CM6000 (which
>>>>needs the CD inserted when starting! the most annoying c.p.) and all the other
>>>>programs with refueling (worst is randomly refueling without possibility to
>>>>refuel before unplugging the CD-drive) are annoying if one uses a laptop. In
>>>>this group Fritz/Junior etc. with >30 days left after refueling are acceptable,
>>>>but the rest...
>>>
>>>On my Fritz 5.0 I get 40 days at refuel?
>>>Dan Kiski.
>>
>>I know and as I wrote above this is acceptable. But what about Tascbase e.g.? I
>>haven't found a certain frequency when the original CD is requested. It is from
>>time to time but noone nows when. And no chance to refuel...
>>And what about CM6k where at ech start the CD has to be in the drive? See my
>>problem?
>
>If you take your laptop with you to different places, it goes into a bag. It
>shouldn't be too much trouble to also bring along the CDROMS for those programs
>that you will use on the trip. However I agree that 40 day refueling would be
>nice on any program. Copiers will simply copy the whole CDROM anyway.
>--
>Komputer Korner
I kind of agree with KK; but, I don't believe in any copy protected software.
There more of a pain in the neck-- I remember having a damaged master floppy and
I couldn't of made a back-up to due to copy protection. CD-roms do scratch and
data can be miss-read. So if you wan't me to shell out some more money. Please
forget it.



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