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| From | Savageduck <savageduck1@(REMOVESPAM}me.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.mac.system, comp.sys.mac.hardware.misc |
| Message-ID | <2015073009114760808-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom> (permalink) |
| References | <290720151211192722%star@sky.net> <mpbka4$sub$1@news.albasani.net> <290720152122042976%star@sky.net> <mpdbga$9k5$1@news.albasani.net> |
| Subject | Re: MB Pro Battery Failure |
| Organization | http://www.panic.com/unison/ |
| Date | 2015-07-30 09:11 -0700 |
Cross-posted to 2 groups.
On 2015-07-30 14:14:33 +0000, Aldo Raine <apache@scalpem.net> said: > On 7/29/15 9:22 PM, Davoud wrote: >> In article <mpbka4$sub$1@news.albasani.net>, Aldo Raine >> <apache@scalpem.net> wrote: >> >> Davoud: >>>> ...This laptop is important to me because >>>> it contains a piece of astronomy software that is no longer available >>>> and that the a-hole developer who sold it does not allow it to be >>>> transferred to a new machine... >> >>> This would be Plan C or maybe Plan D, but if it all goes south, pull the >>> HD, stick it in an external USB housing, then jack it into your new >>> computer when you want to run that program. >> >> Nope. The developer was onto that old trick. The software license is >> tied to something or other in the computer's hardware. It cannot be >> made to run on a machine other than the one on which it was registered >> after installation. And it had to be registered or it wouldn't run. >> > > I remember those days from the 80's... Damn! I can think of some software back in the 80's which needed a dongle plugged into the computer to run. No dongle, no software. -- Regards, Savageduck
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MB Pro Battery Failure Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2015-07-29 12:11 -0400
Re: MB Pro Battery Failure Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-07-29 17:08 +0000
Re: MB Pro Battery Failure Aldo Raine <apache@scalpem.net> - 2015-07-29 18:32 -0400
Re: MB Pro Battery Failure Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2015-07-29 21:22 -0400
Re: MB Pro Battery Failure Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-07-29 19:49 -0700
Re: MB Pro Battery Failure Aldo Raine <apache@scalpem.net> - 2015-07-30 10:14 -0400
Re: MB Pro Battery Failure Savageduck <savageduck1@(REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2015-07-30 09:11 -0700
Re: MB Pro Battery Failure nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-07-30 12:17 -0400
Re: MB Pro Battery Failure Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-07-31 00:17 +0000
Re: MB Pro Battery Failure David Ryeburn <david_ryeburn@telus.netz> - 2015-07-29 22:19 -0700
Re: MB Pro Battery Failure Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2015-07-30 09:34 -0400
Re: MB Pro Battery Failure nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-07-30 09:37 -0400
Re: MB Pro Battery Failure Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-07-30 12:24 -0400
Re: MB Pro Battery Failure Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2015-07-30 19:20 -0400
Re: MB Pro Battery Failure Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-07-31 07:53 -0400
Re: MB Pro Battery Failure Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-07-31 23:48 +0000
Re: MB Pro Battery Failure Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-07-30 12:59 -0400
Re: MB Pro Battery Failure Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-07-30 08:06 -0400
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