Microcosm Ltd

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Microcosm Ltd is a UK company established in 1979. Its early claims to fame included Silicon Disk System in 1981 and Microcache (the world's first page cache, or disk cache, for microcomputers) in 1982 [1].

Since 1989, it has concentrated on software copy protection systems, firstly with CopyControl (a software-based copy protection system), then Dinkey Dongle (small hardware copy protection keys that connect to parallel or USB ports) and, more recently, CopyMinder (software-based copy protection that uses the Internet where possible to provide an 'intelligent' copy protection system).

[edit] History

  • 1979 — Microcosm Limited was established
  • 1981 — Silicon Disk System (the world's first RAM disk for microcomputers) released
  • 1982 — Microcache (the world's first page cache, or disk cache, for microcomputers) released
  • 1989 — CopyControl floppy disk protection released
  • 1994 — CopyControl UnLock-It software based protection released
  • 1995 — Microcosm receives Ziff-Davis Europe award (finalist, best UK product) for CopyControl 1.65
  • 1995 — parallel port Dinkey Dongle released
  • 2000 — USB port Dinkey Dongle released
  • 2005 — CopyMinder Internet-based software protection released

[edit] References

  1. ^ Peter Cheesewright, Microcomputers Come of Age. The Journal of the Operational Research Society, 32(10):932–933, October 1981. doi:10.2307/2581237

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