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From: rrwood@contact.uucp (roy wood)
Subject: Mac 128K ROMs
Reply-To: rrwood@contact.uucp (roy wood)
Organization: Contact Public Unix BBS. Toronto, Canada.
Date: Wed, 9 Jan 91 23:49:40 GMT
Message-ID: <1991Jan9.234940.23698@contact.uucp>


I recently asked why Apple hasn't challenged Gadgets by Small in court,
and I also asked why no-one talks about copying the 128K Mac ROMs with an
EPROM burner.  Many thanks to those who replied, and I apologize that your
replies were too numerous to make personal repsonses practical.
 
In general, the replies I received are in agreement that Gadgets by Small
(or whatever its previous incarnation was) has in fact been in touch with
the folks at Apple, and some sort of deal was made such that G by S is
free to market the Spectre so long as it can use only REAL Apple ROMs.  Oh--
they also have to steer clear of infringing upon the Apple Macintosh
trademark (no names like Mactari).
 
Fine, right?  Well, I'm not sure how the Spectre software can detect true
ROMs vs EPROMS-- anyone want to help me out on that?  As well, one person
told me that someone had indeed been charged for distributing pirated Mac
ROMs, which implies that someone has a use for the things...
 
It was nice to hear everyone point out that duplicating the ROMs is
an intolerable act of piracy, and that they didn't mind the slight
expense of legal ROMs.  
 
-Roy Wood