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From: lar@pc.usl.edu (Robert, Lane A.)
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Subject: Re: Is AMAX doomed?
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Date: 5 Oct 90 16:01:05 GMT
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In-reply-to: greg@walt.cc.utexas.edu's message of 5 Oct 90 06:35:10 GMT

In article <37923@ut-emx.uucp> greg@walt.cc.utexas.edu (Greg Harp) writes:
   They could then provide a program for the owner to copy the Mac ROM
   image from a Mac onto disk and use it instead.

Sorry, still illegal.  Even if you own the Mac.  Any mechanism that
makes a copy of the ROM image violates Apple's copyright, unless it is
for archival purposes.  You could, though, remove the ROMs from the
Mac and plug them into the AMAX.  Kinda defeats the purpose of the
AMAX, though.

Disclaimer: I'm not a lawyer, and I don't play one on TV.

Lane
lar@usl.edu