Hi Tom,
Please see my previous message which explains how to get your license
file without worrying about floppy drives and text editors.
The rest of this discussion should take place off the list. My email
address is info@xxxxxxxxxx if you have any questions.
Regards,
Anne Ronco
Duxbury Systems, Inc.
270 Littleton Road, #6; Westford, MA 01886-3523 USA
TEL: + 978-692-3000 FAX: + 978-692-7912
Email (general): info@xxxxxxxxxx
Web site:
http://www.DuxburySystems.com
Duxbury Systems, the first name in software for Braille - since 1975.
At 03:13 PM 12/19/2005, you wrote:
This might seem like a silly question, but when people say open this in a "text editor" what exactly does this refer too? MS Word, note pad, word pad or any word processor?* * * * This message is via list duxuser at freelists.org. * To unsubscribe, send a blank message with * unsubscribe * as the subject to
Thanks
David Holladay <david@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
- DBT 10.4 and 10.4 were issued on a CD-ROM with a license floppy disk. The
- floppy disk contains a short text file that needs to be in the directory
- that you are installing DBT on. There are several solutions:
- 1) A USB floppy drive is quite inexpensive. They are a real bargain on
- e-bay. I have bought one for my home computer from e-bay.
- 2) Go to a computer with a floppy drive and print out a copy of the
- textfile. Use a text editor and create a file with identical contents on
- c:\duxbury on the new computer.
- 3) Copy the file onto other media, such as an e-mail attachment; USB memory
- stick, or burn a cd-rom yourself with the tiny CD-ROM. For extra credit,
- think of yet another way of doing it.
- Install the main 10.3 CD-ROM into c;\duxbury. You will not be prompted for
- a license floppy when the install program finds the file already there.
- This is not an issue with DBT 10.5. Version 10.5 comes on a floppy with a
- card with your serial number and a unique password.
- Yes, if you find no other way that meets your needs of getting this file
- onto your laptop, then you could purchase an upgrade to version 10.5
- However, consider the USB floppy alternative again. Generally, you pay $30
- between cost of the item and shipping (for s ome reason, there are many
- people selling these directly from the orient to the US, so the shipping is
- a considerable proportion of the final expense). I just did a search, there
- are 456 auctions underway right now on E-Bay. Here is the current link:
- http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?cgiurl=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.com%2Fws%2F&fkr=1&from=R8&satitle=usb+floppy&category0=
- Good luck.
- -- David Holladay
- (not responsible for any loses if you have any E-Bay problems)
- ----------------
- At 06:56 PM 12/18/2005, you wrote:
- >Hello,
- >I have Duxbury 10.3 software. The license disk is a floppy, and my laptop
- >has only cd rom. Is there ay way I could purchase a license disk for this
- >on a floppy, or do I just need to upgrade to the latest version?
- >Thanks, John
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