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From: rat@madnix.UUCP (David Douthitt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: New Apple IIs...
Summary: Clean Room!
Message-ID: <1645@madnix.UUCP>
Date: 30 Nov 90 05:42:31 GMT
References: <5769@crash.cts.com>
Reply-To: rat@madnix.UUCP (David Douthitt)
Organization: ARP Software, Madison, WI
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bill@pro-gateway.cts.com (Bill Long, SysOp) writes:
| 
| For one thing, they would have to copy the GS's ROM, which would promptly
| draw a lawsuit from Apple, I'm sure.

Why, why, why! hasn't a decent clone manufacturer used the clean room
method and created a new GS ROM (or Apple II ROM) the way Phoenix
Associates created their IBM ROM?

The way they did it, they just told their programmers "Here's what the
ROM has to do, go write one." and sealed them up (how much, I dunno!)
until they did.  Each completed ROM was sent to engineers OUTSIDE the
"Clean Room" to test, and if the ROM failed their compatibility test
it was sent back to the programmers with a note telling what the
compatibility problem was.

If they can do it, Laser can.  If they can do it, Franklin could've.

Sheesh.

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