davidlo@madvax.UUCP (07/07/87)
"Look up a word" copy protection is less a evil of copy protecting a disk. I believe the key in making "look up a word" copy protection less annoying is to incorporate the keywords as a functional part of a manual. For, example, in Facery Tale adventure the keywords are on the map, which is an indepensible piece of docuement in playing the game. Because the user has to fetch the docuement anyway when he/she uses the software, looking up a word in a convenient place in the manual would not be a major hassle. The point is, the software publisher should consider making the manual as attractive and functional as possible so that the perceived value is on the manual instead on the tiny floppy disk. I heard the practice of a particular software company was giving software away for free, but selling the manual for profit. -- David Lo (415)939-2400 /\ o Varian Instruments, 2700 Mitchell Drive, Walnut Creek, CA 94598 \/ {ptsfa,lll-crg,zehntel,dual,amd,fortune,ista,rtech,csi,normac}varian!davidlo