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Re: Lego Creator Success
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lugnet.general
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Sat, 9 Jan 1999 16:42:42 GMT
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Odd ... Lego Loco allows you to install everything, and not need a
CD anymore, and that is a recent title from Lego.
Mike Stanley wrote:
> Joshua Delahunty <dulcaoin@alumni.cse.ucsc.edu> wrote:
> > BTW, the docs insinuate (to me, anyway), that a "full" install will
> > not require use of the CD, but that isn't true. It's ALWAYS needed.
> > ...and
> > a typical install doesn't really save THAT much disk space. <sigh>
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> Requiring the CD in something that amounts to a game or home fun
> program is the norm, no matter how much you install. Allowing someone
> to install the full install and then never use the cd would certainly
> be convenient, but it would also make it incredibly easy to pirate
> this software, something TLG obviously is trying to prevent - else you
> (and I) could make backup copies of the CDROM. I know you can't, I've
> used every bit of cd copying software known to man on it and can't
> make it work.
>
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