[Virtualacorn-list] VRPC & USB HDD

[Chris Hughes]

In message <50D57617D7%mik.towse at xemik.com>
          Mik Towse <mik.towse at xemik.com> wrote:

> In article <50d5755f70charles at charleshope.demon.co.uk> charles  wrote:
>> On 06 Jan, Mik Towse <mik.towse at xemik.com> wrote:
> [snip]
>>> Firstly, are there likely to be any issues using VPRC on a USB HDD?
>>> Secondly, are there likely to be any issues using the ROS HDs on
>>> different copies of VRPC (albeit the same version) bearing in mind the
>>> drives can only be used on one m/c at any one time.
>> I suspect, but Aaron can confirm, that the software protection, which
>> depends on the computers MAC address will not let you do this.
> But AFAIK this only applies to /running/ VRPC. Presumably, once VRPC is up &
> running on a PC, the MAC addresses are irrelevant to the normal running of
> RISC OS and file transfers, etc.

No it will check for the MAC address and prevent access.

There is also the licence implication of running the same (one 
licence) copy on two computers, which breaches the licence conditions. 
I really hope Mik is not doing this.

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Chris Hughes