Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!convex!ewright From: ewright@convex.com (Edward V. Wright) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc Subject: Re: Wanting to snub Emulators Message-ID: <108133@convex.convex.com> Date: 2 Nov 90 17:27:13 GMT References: <107918@convex.convex.com> <1990Oct31.140745.12752@cbnewsc.att.com> <1990Oct31.150313.9742@wuarchive.wustl.edu> <1990Oct31.205946.15056@eng.umd.edu> Sender: usenet@convex.com Distribution: usa Organization: Convex Computer Corporation; Richardson, TX Lines: 10 >In article <1990Oct31.150313.9742@wuarchive.wustl.edu> hp48sx@wuarchive.wustl.edu (HP48SX Archive Maintainer) writes: >There is one sure way to KILL any running mac emulator in RAM on any >machine. Just find the address of the ROM, and then start at that >address, and place 64k or 128k random characters, or plain zeros for >that sake. This will surel y crash the machine if the ROM has been >copied to RAM, but if the emulator runs using the real stuff, i.e. >original (or fake) Macintosh ROMs, then this will do nothing. Doesn't the Lisa running MacWorks have the equivalent of the Macintosh ROM in RAM?