[DECtalk] Access 32 Legality Questions
Blake Roberts
beroberts at hughes.net
Tue May 10 21:02:46 EDT 2011
I know that the version of Dectalk Access32 on Freedom Scientific's site was
designed for Jaws 3 or 4. This was back in the days of Jaws authorization
diskettes. I wonder if FS's copy of Dectalk Access32 will install for use
with a modern version of Jaws.
In the past, I've tried using a couple different versions of Dectalk
Access32 that I got from various sources. With one version, I could never
get past "please insert authorization disk to continue". The other
(stand-alone) version simply would not talk when I tried using it with Jaws
11.
Blake
-----Original Message-----
From: dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com
[mailto:dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com] On Behalf Of Brandon Misch
Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 8:40 PM
To: DECtalk Discussions
Subject: Re: [DECtalk] Access 32 Legality Questions
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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