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From: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita)
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Subject: Re: Mac emulator
Message-ID: <1990Oct25.231753.20491@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu>
Date: 25 Oct 90 23:17:53 GMT
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In article <1990Oct20.140447.13096@uunet!unhd> tjb@unhd.UUCP (Thomas J. Baker) writes:
>My friend, an Amiga nut, runs AMAX, a mac emulator, on his Amiga.  It is 
>completely software driven and the new version he's been telling me about
>supports sound and 256K roms.  It is the equivalent to a MacII, except for

	AMax II adds a lot of enhancements, such as hard drive
support, MIDI support and digitized sound support, BUT it doesn't
give you anything more than the Mac Plus you used to have. The
reason is that it is very hard to find even the Mac Plus 128K
ROMs. To find the 512K Mac II roms would be even harder.
>
>Summary:  There is no reason (barring politics) why a mac emulator couldn't
>          be made for a NeXT.  

	Actually, it is more than just politics. You see, AMax is
illegal. The catch is that the crime isn't on ReadySoft (the
manufacturer's) part, but on the users and the dealers who sell
the Mac ROMs. The dealers sign agreements about selling the ROMs
and the Mac System license agreement states that you need
permission in writing from Apple to use it on an emulator. Fat
chance of getting that permission!
>
>tjb
>
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	-- Ethan

Ethan Solomita: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu

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