My friend at the dealer's parts counter told me that the system they use here in
Norway consists of everything on a HDD and they get a diskette once a month, to
update the system with new parts. Then they destroy and throw away that diskette.

PerL
87 Syncro 112i

KENWILFY@AOL.COM wrote:

> In a message dated 1/27/00 7:33:23 PM Eastern Standard Time, bjohns@DTX.NET
> writes:
>
> << Well what are the dealers using now?  I am presuming it is on CD.  Getting
>  hold of one of these and "burning" a copy has to be the way to go.  Someone
>  on this list works for a dealer or has a good friend etc.... It just may
>  take a little while.. I want one of the vanagon portion and will pay a fee
>  for the service.
>   >>
> >From what I have been told, they use a CD with a special encryption key that
> is plugged into the back of the computer (I have never seen this only heard
> about it).  You can have the CD, but without the encryption key it is
> worthless.  Also, because of the encryption, you can't just burn a copy of
> the CD.  This would give you only a copy of the encrypted CD which would not
> work without the key (get the picture).
> Of course there are always folks out there that can hack into anything and I
> have heard of pirated copies of the CD, but I feel bad about buying one.
> However I don't feel bad about turning my microfiche into hard copies and
> then scanning them in for my own personal "entertainment purposes only" CD.
> Not that I would do anything like that :)
>
> Ken Wilford
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