Zenith Data Systems Z-386 SX/20 Free in NJ - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

8 Nov 2001

...
 Oh, good to hear that.  Can't this interview
program copied to HD and 
run from there? 
Could I, yes, will I, no. It isn't my interview software. It is sent by 
the client (actually, two different ones, but they were once the same 
company, so they both use the same software/setups). The problem is, they 
are SUPER security concious. So for me to move it to a hard drive, I 
would have to edit the way they have it configured. They currently use a 
boot disk with DOS 3.2, which boots, and loads the interview program, 
then asks for the 2nd disk which contains the interview script and saves 
the data. Making the changes to run the whole thing off a HD is trivial, 
and I have done it in the past. The problem is, they consider doing any 
changes to their configuration to be a security violation, and when you 
violate their security, you get suspended as a work site for 2 weeks.

So can I do it, yes, I just won't, because it isn't worth the risk of 
being caught, nor worth the effort to do it, since every job they send 
new disks, so every job I would have to repeat the conversion. Lots of 
effort and risk for no increase in usability. 

Besides, they already don't like me. They keep reusing the same DD 3.5" 
disks over and over. As a result, the shutters get bent, and I have had 
countless drives ruined because a bent shutter ripped the drive head off 
when removing the disk. So I have instructed all my staff to remove any 
shutters that even look suspect. So now the two companies hate me because 
they have to keep replacing the DD disks (which are slowly getting harder 
to find).

-chris

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