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From: jalkio@cc.helsinki.fi
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: Mac emulator
Message-ID: <3701.2728707d@cc.helsinki.fi>
Date: 26 Oct 90 17:21:01 GMT
References: <1990Oct15.025841.29155@midway.uchicago.edu> <1990Oct20.140447.13096@uunet!unhd> <1990Oct25.231753.20491@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu>
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In article <1990Oct25.231753.20491@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu>, es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita) writes:
> In article <1990Oct20.140447.13096@uunet!unhd> tjb@unhd.UUCP (Thomas J. Baker) writes:
>>
>>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
> 
> 	-- Ethan
> 
> Ethan Solomita: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu

Hmm. As far as I have understood, Spectre 128 and Spectre CGR
MAC-emulators are widely available for the Atari ST, and they come with
MAC-roms plugged in! How is this possible, then?