In a message dated 1/27/00 7:33:23 PM Eastern Standard Time, bjohns@DTX.NET writes: << Well what are the dealers using now? I am presuming it is on CD. Getting hold of one of these and "burning" a copy has to be the way to go. Someone on this list works for a dealer or has a good friend etc.... It just may take a little while.. I want one of the vanagon portion and will pay a fee for the service. >> From what I have been told, they use a CD with a special encryption key that is plugged into the back of the computer (I have never seen this only heard about it). You can have the CD, but without the encryption key it is worthless. Also, because of the encryption, you can't just burn a copy of the CD. This would give you only a copy of the encrypted CD which would not work without the key (get the picture). Of course there are always folks out there that can hack into anything and I have heard of pirated copies of the CD, but I feel bad about buying one. However I don't feel bad about turning my microfiche into hard copies and then scanning them in for my own personal "entertainment purposes only" CD. Not that I would do anything like that :) Ken Wilford http://www.vanagain.com John 3:16 Office (856)-765-1583 Shop (856)-327-0027 Fax (856)-327-2242 |
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