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From: aiajms@castle.ed.ac.uk (-=Andy=-)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.amiga.tech,comp.sys.atari.st.tech
Subject: Re: Atari ST emulator for the Amiga: Atari's position
Message-ID: <6737@castle.ed.ac.uk>
Date: 17 Oct 90 19:07:36 GMT
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In this  months Amiga Format magazine there is a review of the Medusa
ST emulation system. This comprises of a hardware gizzmo to emulate the
STs I/O and a software emulator. From what I have seen of the review it
does not fair much better than the version on xanth.

Now for the interesting part. The method of getting TOS is to go to an
ST and use an included utility called gettos. This has the effect of
copying the TOS from ROM into an image file. This company is about to
market this product! I am quite sure they would not be so naive as to
market a utility of this sort without checking the legal circumstances
behind it!!! 

I personally agree with what a guy said on comp.sys.atari.st concerning
Apple and GNU. GNU do not port their stuff onto Apple because of the
aggressive attitude they take to people emulating their products (NOT
PIRACY WHICH IS QUITE DIFFERENT) and the law suits that follow. If the
emulator contains an image of TOS then it is illegal. If however it is
merely functionally isomorphic to the original then I personally (before
the flames come rolling in this is MY opinion)  congratulate the
programmer on a well written piece of software.

One last twist! As a footnote in Amiga Format stated, there is a German
software ST emulator coming out called Chameleon. I know nothing about
this except it is meant to cost 30 pounds (=$60) whereas the Medusa
hardware/software emulator costs 200 pounds (=$400). I hope the atari
emulator on xanth is not the same as this reported chameleon. Things are
starting to get out of hand...lock up your daughters ...call in the judges, the
lawyers and the House Of Lords! Nobody is safe!!!!!!

Well thats my halfpenny !


-=Andy=-


PS the ST version of SIM City runs ok on the emulator!


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