RE: LZ: Shareware Games
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RE: LZ: Shareware Games
On Wed, 04 Dec 1996 14:38:04 -0600,
Tony Karels wrote...
> Using Encryption might be a good idea, if in the future, when the
>RAM expander is out, people start making shareware games, and the full
>copies could be sold at like $3 or something. Then, the full game would be
>secure from other calcs copying. And with the expander, paying $3 might be
>an ok deal, because the games could be so much bigger and more advanced.
>
>Tony Karels
>akarels@citilink.com
>http://www.citilink.com/~akarels/
>
>
Possible. It might be interesting to see a game which required the RAM
expander to be linked to the calculator and variables sent to and from
during the game. This would be the only real way to have programs if they
were to be shareware, I suppose. I have no doubt that programmers would
honor the system (knowing the hard work, etc. put into a program) but I'd
say the majority of kids using 85's (at least at my school) would just send
the programs to others, and neglect the fee after the first person bought
the program.
That would bring up a question that might be wise to consider. Is there
any way to have, say, a setup program which would make it impossible for
the program to be transfered to another calc and still run? Something to
consider!
Thanks,
Michael Wyman
wyma0012@gold.tc.umn.edu
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