[DECtalk] Access 32 Legality Questions

[Brandon Misch]

one thing to note is the version of access 32 for jaws is still on fs's site and may still work. i don't know if it does though. that uses dectalk 4.41. 

On May 10, 2011, at 6:57 PM, Jayson Smith wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Unfortunately, as far as I know there is no way to make a copy of the 
> Access32 protected disk. Certain versions of Jaws used a protection system 
> called Quella. Those disks could be copied if you knew what you were doing. 
> However, the only copy of Access32 I ever saw used a protection product 
> called Everlock. I never found any way to make a faithful copy of an 
> Everlock disk.
> 
> As for getting your authorization off the old laptop, have you checked that 
> the floppy is not write protected? If so, the floppy could be bad, in which 
> case that copy is no good any more. Please note, just copying the actual 
> authorization files from the old hard drive to one on any other computer 
> will *not* work. If you can figure out a way to get the uninstall process to 
> complete successfully, there may be a way for you to, shall we say, regain 
> your two lost authorizations. This would need to be done in DOS, since I 
> think most if not all Everlock disks I saw included DOS tools as well as 
> Windows ones. There's a program I have called Unlimited Installer. The way 
> it works is, it diverts all hard drive writes to a RAM buffer. So you have 
> the authorization installed, run the program, then uninstall the 
> authorization. Now you reboot. Since the hard drive never got written, the 
> authorization is still there, as well as on the floppy. But none of that 
> will be worth a hill of beans if you can't get the uninstall to work.
> Jayson
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Michael Hansen" <amtk62 at gmail.com>
> To: "DECtalk Discussions" <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 6:00 PM
> Subject: [DECtalk] Access 32 Legality Questions
> 
> 
>> Hi guys,
>> 
>> I have a couple questions regarding legal use of Access 32:
>> 
>> Is it legal to install Access 32 from a Kurzweil 1000 CD without an
>> authorization disc, since it pretty much installs regardless of
>> whether there is one present or not?  I have access to a Kurzweil disc
>> from school (that kind of software is distributed to students for
>> free) but there is no DECtalk authorization disc.  DECtalk Access 32
>> is there on the disc, and it installs regardless of whether there is
>> an authorization disc or not.
>> 
>> Also, I have a copy of Access 32 from GW Micro that my parents
>> obtained in 2002.  I have one authorization left (the others were lost
>> due to computer crashes) and it is on an old HP laptop.  For some
>> reason, when I go to transfer the data back to the copy protection
>> disc, it will not work.  I haven't tried it in several months, but I
>> recall a write error of some kind.  Assuming I am unable to find a way
>> to get that copy protection off that laptop, is there a legal way I
>> can get around the authorization since I *do* own the product?  I've
>> tried contacting GW Micro, and they were no help.  Thoughts?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Michael
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