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To   : VINCENT COEN
From : Don Vally
Date : Tue May 13 2025 08:45:20

-=> Quoting Vincent Coen to Don Vally <=-

 VC> Hello Don!

 VC> First try to google the product or search you local BBS systems for a
 VC> later copy of the s/w.

 VC> How ever, it is more likely that the Author/programmer has left fido /
 VC> bbsing etc. so the need to register is no longer possible.

 Yea for the applications I am interested in, the search results are
 nil. The applications are ones that the author would send a 'key disk'
 for which was registered to my name. So no luck looking for that on
 systems I have perused. Hence my message.

 VC> I will admit that I made a copy of the reg. keys in a special folder
 VC> and  copied that over along with many other whenever I upgraded

 I can only kick myself for not doing this at the time. The only other
 way I can think of is to reverse engineer, but I am clueless when it
 comes to that arena.

 Thanks for your reply...

 Have a great day!

 > Anyone still registering shareware? Or is this a topic that's too old
 > to discuss?
 
 > I remember shareware when I was using 8088 and 286/386 class machines.
 > I always wanted to register but never had the funds (at the time). Now
 > I can still find the applications, but the authors are long gone
 > and there's no way to register.
 
 > I also still see the older applications I had registered, but don't
 > have the keys or codes for any longer.
 
 > Searching for keys or codes on old software is a bust nowdays. So is
 > there anyone who can help with this?
 
 > Or is it just a lost cause?

.... Danger, Vincent Coen!  Off-topic messages!  Danger!

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