[1] : Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)

crippleware n. 1. common software that has some important
   functionality deliberately removed, so as to entice potential users to
   pay for a working version. 2. cambridge variety of guiltware that
   exhorts you to donate to some charity compare careware, nagware.
   3. hardware deliberately crippled, which can be upgraded to a more
   expensive model by a trivial change e.g., cutting a jumper.

   an excellent example of crippleware sense 3 is intel's 486sx chip,
   which is a standard 486dx chip with the co-processor diked out in some
   early versions it was present but disabled. to upgrade, you buy a
   complete 486dx chip with _working_ co-processor its identity thinly
   veiled by a different pinout and plug it into the board's expansion
   socket. it then disables the sx, which becomes a fancy power sink. don't
   you love intel?


see also:
guiltware careware nagware 

[2] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

crippleware
     
        1. software that has some important functionality deliberately
        removed, so as to entice potential users to pay for a working
        version.
     
        2. cambridge guiltware that exhorts you to donate to some
        charity.
     
        compare careware, nagware.
     
        3. hardware deliberately crippled, which can be upgraded to a
        more expensive model by a trivial change e.g. removing a
        jumper.  a correspondant gave the following example:
     
        in 1982-5, a friend had a sharp scientific calculator
        which was on the list of those permitted in exams.  no
        programmable calculators were allowed.
     
        a very similar, more expensive, programmable model had two
        extra keys for programming where the cheaper version just had
        blank metal.
     
        my friend took his calculator apart as you would and lo and
        behold, the rubber switches of the program keys were there on
        the circuit board.  so all he had to do was cut a hole in the
        face.  for exams he would pre-load the calculator with any
        useful routines, put a sticker with his name on it over the
        hole, and press the buttons through the sticker with a pen.
     
        jargon file
     
        2001-05-12
     
     
see also:
guiltware careware nagware sharp scientific calculator jargon file 

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