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Re: Mystery card
- Subject: Re: Mystery card
- From: drsmooth@relex.com (Edhel Iaur)
- Date: 1996/10/05
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Organization: US-A2WUG
- References: <52qrkg$9p2@alpha.vaxxine.com> <Pine.SGI.3.91r.961002085633.1667B-100000@freenet> <199610031357.IAA08085@internet.gcstation.net> <Pine.SGI.3.91r.961004074916.15981A-100000@freenet>
- Reply-to: drsmooth@relex.com
>On Thu, 3 Oct 1996, Ralph Wade Phillips wrote:
>> > I also work at a "technology recycling" company and came up with a
>> > card that's really mysterious. It's about 1/2 inch shorter than a
>> > Disk ][ controller card and is encased entirely in a black epoxy.
>> > The only information on the card is a sticker that has the following
>> > on it: PC20553 Rev B/A
>> > S/N 101,508
>>
>> It's a serialization ROM for a copyprotected program. IOW - it's
>> basically useless unless you've got the software it was supposed to
>> protect.
A dongle that eats up a slot!? *Nasssty...*
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