Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!cbnewsl!hojo
From: hojo@cbnewsl.att.com (HC Johnson)
Subject: Re: Atari ST emulator for the Amiga: Atari's position
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 90 01:51:01 GMT
Message-ID: <1990Oct19.015101.29386@cbnewsl.att.com>
Summary: Its not the Emulator, is the COPY of TOS roms
References: <2710@atari.UUCP> <27583@usc.edu>
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In article <27583@usc.edu>, papa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa) writes:
> I am sorry but I have to concur with Atari's position. These emulators are
> indeed a flagrant copyright violation, and the BBS sysops should be held
> responsible and liable for their action of not policing the download
> of software from their machines.
> 
I think everyone is forgetting what's really happening.

There is no problem with an Amiga Emulating an Atari.  Its no different
that a ST emulating a MAC or PC.

If the Amiga Emulator simply read the original Atari TOS on a floppy (1.0)
this would be just the same as PC_ditto booting a IBM DOS Disk.

The subtlety lies in whether the ROMS are accessed (such as with Spectre)
or copied to a different media (a floppy disk).  It is this copying that
is prevented by the Copywrite.  If someone were to market a cartridge
to hold the TOS ROMS then it would be both neat and leagle.

Howard Johnson
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