kyung@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Kyung Lee) (10/18/90)
Hi all, Just got a mail from Central Point Software, Inc. Stuf about their new release of COPYIIPC ver 6. I'm just curious on the net's concensus on this software. It's quite nice offer...$15 (plus ship/handling) But, last time, when I mail ordered from these guys, it turned out to be more of a publicity stunt, (bought PC Tools ver. 5.0...) So should I buy this??
ralphs%halcyon.uucp@seattleu.edu (11/04/90)
kyung@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Kyung Lee) writes: > Just got a mail from Central Point Software, Inc. Stuf about their new > release of COPYIIPC ver 6. I'm just curious on the net's concensus on > this software. It's quite nice offer...$15 (plus ship/handling) If they are selling it for $15, buy it. If they're upgrading your 5.0 for $15, do it. Although a commercial product, PC TOOLS is oftenpriced in the shareware range, depending on your mail order habits, etc. 6.0 has one utility that has saved my bacon more than once: DISKFIX, a put-the-trashed-disk- back-together thing that un-corrupts FATS, fixes crosslinks, etc., all rolled into one. The disk optimizer (COMPRESS) kinda flops, as it won't handle over 6,000 files in a partition (10,000 in the next update), but isn't bad on smaller ones. The disk cache (PC-CACHE) isn't too shabby, especially with extended/ expanded memory, now that they've fixed the delayed write option (available as un upgrade via download from their bbs). All in all, not a bad collection of goodies, considering the price. For $15, if you don't like it, you can reformat the disks and save money over buying new ones :-) . -- Users at CompuServe can receive mail if you replace the comma in their userid with a period and send to userid@compuserve.com. This helpful hint is brought to you courtesy of Tips 'R Us.
ralphs%halcyon.uucp@seattleu.edu (11/04/90)
ralphs%halcyon.uucp@seattleu.edu writes: > kyung@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Kyung Lee) writes: > > Just got a mail from Central Point Software, Inc. Stuf about their new > > release of COPYIIPC ver 6. I'm just curious on the net's concensus on > > this software. It's quite nice offer...$15 (plus ship/handling) > Although a commercial product, PC TOOLS is oftenpriced in the shareware Dumb! Sorry about the off-topic dissertation. I purchased the COPYIIPC update and was happy to find it supports copying between different media (1.2 to 1.44, etc.). Still worth the $15, especially if they're offering that price for non-updates. -- Users at CompuServe can receive mail if you replace the comma in their userid with a period and send to userid@compuserve.com. This helpful hint is brought to you courtesy of Tips 'R Us.
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In article <yP43R1w163w@halcyon.uucp>, ralphs%halcyon.uucp@seattleu.edu writes: > kyung@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Kyung Lee) writes: > >> Just got a mail from Central Point Software, Inc. Stuf about their new >> release of COPYIIPC ver 6. I'm just curious on the net's concensus on >> this software. It's quite nice offer...$15 (plus ship/handling) > > If they are selling it for $15, buy it. If they're upgrading your 5.0 > for $15, do it. > > Although a commercial product, PC TOOLS is oftenpriced in the shareware > range, depending on your mail order habits, etc. 6.0 has one utility > that has saved my bacon more than once: DISKFIX, a put-the-trashed-disk- > back-together thing that un-corrupts FATS, fixes crosslinks, etc., all > rolled into one. Are we talking about COPY ][ PC or PC Tools? -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Santanu Sircar BITNET: ssircar@umaecs.bitnet University of Massachusetts/Amherst INTERNET: ssircar@ecs.umass.edu |------------------------------------------------------------------------------| "A pig ate his fill of acorns under an oak tree and then started to root around the tree. A crow remarked, `You should not do this. If you lay bare the roots, the tree will wither and die.' `Let it die,' said the pig. `Who cares so long as there are acorns?'" -"Animal Farm" by George Orwell ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
millerje@holst.tmc.edu (jeffrey scott miller) (11/05/90)
In article <yP43R1w163w@halcyon.uucp> ralphs%halcyon.uucp@seattleu.edu writes: >kyung@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Kyung Lee) writes: > >> Just got a mail from Central Point Software, Inc. Stuf about their new >> release of COPYIIPC ver 6. I'm just curious on the net's concensus on ^^^^^^^^ >> this software. It's quite nice offer...$15 (plus ship/handling) > >If they are selling it for $15, buy it. If they're upgrading your 5.0 >for $15, do it. > >Although a commercial product, PC TOOLS is oftenpriced in the shareware ^^^^^^^^ [talk about PC TOOLS DELETED] it appears that he is talking about COPYIIPC, not PCTOOLS. COPYIIPC is a bit copier for protected programs. To answer his question, I have heard that COPYIIPC does not copy many protected games, just most of the old ones. I imagine ver 6 would be better, though. _____________________________________________________________________________ | | | "NUKE THE UNBORN GAY WHALES!" | Jeff Miller | | - graffiti | millerje@handel.CS.ColoState.Edu | |_____________________________________________________________________________|
mvolo@uncecs.edu (Michael R. Volow) (11/06/90)
My update offer brochure claims that V.6 CopyIIPC can remove copy protection from more modert games such as Test Drive I & II, Flight simulator III, and others. This would eliminate necessity for key discs. Anyone tried this yet? -- Michael Volow, Psychiatry, Durham VA Med Center, Durham NC 27712 919 286 0411 Ext 6933 mvolo@ecsvax.edu
) (11/06/90)
In article <sNc5R3w163w@halcyon.uucp>, ralphs%halcyon.uucp@seattleu.edu writes: > ralphs%halcyon.uucp@seattleu.edu writes: > >> kyung@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Kyung Lee) writes: > >> > Just got a mail from Central Point Software, Inc. Stuf about their new >> > release of COPYIIPC ver 6. I'm just curious on the net's concensus on >> > this software. It's quite nice offer...$15 (plus ship/handling) > >> Although a commercial product, PC TOOLS is oftenpriced in the shareware > > Dumb! Sorry about the off-topic dissertation. > > I purchased the COPYIIPC update and was happy to find it supports > copying between different media (1.2 to 1.44, etc.). Still worth > the $15, especially if they're offering that price for non-updates. Does someone know how I can order the $15 software? -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Santanu Sircar BITNET: ssircar@umaecs.bitnet University of Massachusetts/Amherst INTERNET: ssircar@ecs.umass.edu |------------------------------------------------------------------------------| "A pig ate his fill of acorns under an oak tree and then started to root around the tree. A crow remarked, `You should not do this. If you lay bare the roots, the tree will wither and die.' `Let it die,' said the pig. `Who cares so long as there are acorns?'" -"Animal Farm" by George Orwell ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
berger@iboga (Mike Berger) (11/06/90)
kyung@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Kyung Lee) writes: >Hi all, >But, last time, when I mail ordered from these guys, it >turned out to be more of a publicity stunt, (bought PC Tools ver. 5.0...) >So should I buy this?? *------- Why do you think it was a publicity stunt? I thought PC-Tools 5.0 was well worth the promotional price. If the next release hadn't followed for a year, would you still feel cheated? -- Mike Berger Department of Statistics, University of Illinois AT&TNET 217-244-6067 Internet berger@atropa.stat.uiuc.edu
mvolo@uncecs.edu (Michael R. Volow) (11/06/90)
To order an update to CopyIIPC you must be a previously registered user; The company automatically send you the update offer. If you aren't registered, the mail order street price is about $35. -- Michael Volow, Psychiatry, Durham VA Med Center, Durham NC 27712 919 286 0411 Ext 6933 mvolo@ecsvax.edu