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From: jeff@quark.WV.TEK.COM (Jeff Beadles)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Shareware MAC
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Date: 1 Dec 89 00:33:27 GMT
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In article <4123@eagle.wesleyan.edu> jtreworgy@eagle.wesleyan.edu writes:

|The thing with a Mac emulator is that no matter what, you have to spend $140 on
|the ROMs. So what does it matter if you spend $20 for a shareware one or a bit
|more for a commercial one? The shareware one probably wouldn't "sell" anyway.
|It just seems silly for a lot of different people to invest a lot of time
|making a Mac emulator when the product already has several incarnations on the
|market. The time would be better spent making a Commodore 64 emulator, for
|example. (And some way to pipeline the ROMs out of a real 64... enough people
|own these anyway such that it wouldn't be illegal or unfeasible for each buyer
|to get them legally that way).

|--
|James A. Treworgy    -- No quote here for insurance reasons --
|jtreworgy@eagle.wesleyan.edu         jtreworgy%eagle@WESLEYAN.BITNET

Wait.  GBS gets something like $300+ for the GCR.  I think that the "plain"
version is > $100.00 (usd)  

	**THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE THE ROMS**


Thus, if my math is correct:

	Shareware		GBS
Hw/Sw	    $20.00	  vs	$100.00
Roms	   $140.00	(same)	$140.00
	    ------               ------
Total
	   $160.00	vs	$240.00

This makes it MUCH more affordable.  Heck, I could be convinced to buy one for
that price.  $80.00 is more than "a bit more" 

	-Jeff
-- 
Jeff Beadles		jeff@quark.WV.TEK.COM