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From: fiddler@concertina.Eng.Sun.COM (Steve Hix)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Fanatical Amiga Users, GO AWAY!
Message-ID: <144314@sun.Eng.Sun.COM>
Date: 29 Oct 90 18:40:30 GMT
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In article <11198@hubcap.clemson.edu>, ddyer@hubcap.clemson.edu (Doug) writes:
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> 	From what I know, the Amiga only emmulates the Plus because 
> the roms were legally  available (there are probably other similar 
> reasons as well).

The ROMs were *easily* accessible...they were *never* legally available.

Apple may not particularly care about any other part of the Mac, but the
ROMs are the family jewels.  It was like this back when the Apple ][ was
new.

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