Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!spool2.mu.edu!uwm.edu!bionet!agate!shelby!neon!torrie From: torrie@cs.stanford.edu (Evan J Torrie) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc Subject: Availability of ROMs (was Re: True Multitasking) Message-ID: <1991Jan18.210453.6143@Neon.Stanford.EDU> Date: 18 Jan 91 21:04:53 GMT References: <1991Jan18.055614.13889@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG> <1991Jan18.165311.18870@Neon.Stanford.EDU> <1991Jan18.173137.21994@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> Sender: torrie@Neon.Stanford.EDU (Evan James Torrie) Organization: Computer Science Department, Stanford University Lines: 24 es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita) writes: >In article <1991Jan18.165311.18870@Neon.Stanford.EDU> torrie@cs.stanford.edu (Evan J Torrie) writes: >> >> As a matter of interest, does Commodore sell their ROMs and custom >>chips (Blitter, Copper) etc to anybody?? >> > You CAN buy replacement parts, and also you can buy them >when they are changed, i.e. 2.0 and ECS. But we have no idea how >Commodore would react if an emulator comes out. Currently there >aren't any. Apparently, Apple also allows you to do that so long as you return your CURRENT Roms to the dealer (who then must return them to Apple). I wonder how the Hydra people (currently making a Mac emulator board for the IBM) plan to get their ROM sets... there is talk of them producing their own Mac compatible ROMs, and also OS - licensed from Xerox to avoid an Apple lawsuit. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Evan Torrie. Stanford University, Class of 199? torrie@cs.stanford.edu "She's got a tongue like an electric eel, and she likes the taste of a man's tonsils!" - Rik Flashheart