Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!njin!princeton!udel!burdvax!emerald!dave From: dave@emerald.PRC.Unisys.COM (David Lee Matuszek) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Copy protection Message-ID: <8521@burdvax.PRC.Unisys.COM> Date: 7 Dec 88 21:05:49 GMT References: <2763@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu> Sender: news@PRC.Unisys.COM Distribution: na Organization: Unisys Corporation, Paoli Research Center; Paoli, PA Lines: 26 I am seriously considering the purchase of Reader Rabbit for my 7-year old. However, the d**n thing is copy-protected. Since we use the hard disk for practically everything, she isn't used to having to rummage through floppies to find what she wants; more importantly, we can't have an icon present on the screen to REMIND her that it exists. (We have another disk, Kid's Time, that gets maybe a tenth of the use it otherwise would, because of these problems.) So... (1) What software is available to break copy protection schemes and install programs on hard disk? (My intentions are strictly honorable; even if they weren't, I don't even know any other 7-year olds!) (2) Does anyone know for sure whether these programs work with Reader Rabbit (or Kid's Time, for that matter)? (3) Can anyone recommend software more-or-less comparable to Reader Rabbit, but that isn't copy-protected? Quality and $ matter, of course, but more important is being able to put it where it will actually get used. -- Dave Matuszek (dave@prc.unisys.com) -- Unisys Corp. / Paoli Research Center / PO Box 517 / Paoli PA 19301 -- Standard disclaimer: Any resemblance between my opinions and those of my employer is strictly coincidental.