1 Dec
2005
1 Dec
'05
10:41 p.m.
On Thu, 1 Dec 2005, Chuck Guzis wrote:
I'm desperately trying to remember some details
here..wasn't there a bit of
a flap with copy-protected Lotus 123 and one of IBM"s newer machines?
Maybe it was the PS/2 introduction, but that seems too late to me--it might
have been the PC-AT. At any rate, IBM found themselves in the position of
having to unofficially recommend one of the copy protection defeating
products to customers in order to get 123 to run on their new systems.
Anyone remember the exact details? It's too fuzzy in my memory...
possibly:
IBM provided a cable to transfer files/programs from 5.25" based PCs over
to 3.5" PS/2s. Many copy-protected programs would have to be unprotected
to be able to get the resulting 3.5" copy to work.