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[Bullet Club]

In 1985, in an effort to combat software piracy. ASAP Developments invented the LensLok - a plastic lens in a foldaway frame.The LensLok device was essentially a row of prisms arranged vertically in a plastic holder. In this video we take a closer look at the LensLok to understand how it works, and why it ultimately failed as an anti-piracy device.

 

[x@3f*oo_e!]

Painful to watch this kipper fail to use a simple optical tool. Seems to have hand coordination issues.

maybe he was hamming it up for the camera. remember these though - they were tedious

 

[Bullet Club]

Painful to watch this kipper fail to use a simple optical tool.

Yeah it was annoying watching him get the first 2 wrong, it wasn't that hard to see.

Still, it's an interesting video. I'd never heard of LensLok.

 

[TriSuit666]

Oh lordee, this was uttter traaaaash back in the day.

 

[K.S v2.0]

Didn't even know this existed... my memories of early DOS days antipiracy was mostly code words in manuals and such 'Look up line X page Y paragraph Z in your manual'.