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Originally Posted by chiefbutz  Then make backups? I don't know that it would make sense to require it to try and write to the disk beforehand |
I had an old version of Lotus 1-2-3 that restricted that to 5 backups somehow. Never figured out how it did it nor cared enough to even try
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Originally Posted by chiefbutz If the disk isn't set to be write protected then it can erase it, otherwise I don't think it can do a thing... Quote: |
Originally Posted by Extreme Coder How can software break a floppy disk? Quote: |
Originally Posted by lakersforce Or what about Microproses ingenius copy protection that broke your diskettes if you used them on any other computer than the first they where used on? | | |
The disk would have to write to the disk to stop it from being used on another computer. If locked, the software could just not run until a verification program could lock the software to a single PC.
And... a lot of old and current software protection schemes don't make a lot of sense either
