Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!think.com!samsung!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!lll-winken!unixhub!shelby!msi.umn.edu!noc.MR.NET!gacvx2.gac.edu!hhdist From: jsims@vuse.vanderbilt.edu (J. Robert Sims) Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds Subject: RE: download library from EQ LIB card Message-ID: <9101301734.AA21798@vuse.vanderbilt.edu> Date: 30 Jan 91 17:34:16 GMT Lines: 24 To: handhelds@gac.edu Return-path: To: handhelds@gac.edu Scott Burke lists several reasons why information about copying ROM cards should be restricted, including: >3. For serious users, the 48SX really is a one-slot machine, because they > must always have a merged 128K or 32K RAM card in one of the ports. This > means that only one commercial ROM card can be used at a time, and that > access to only one set of libraries is provided. > Scott Burke's point number 3 is an example of why you would want to copy ROM libraries. With the extra RAM card, you have only one free slot. If you could copy individual libraries from a card, you could copy just the libraries you wanted to RAM and have exactly the functionality you wanted. For example, I could put HP's EQ library (equations and MES only) into RAM, still have a lot of extra RAM left over, and have my second slot free for a card such as Sparcom's EE card. I wouldn't have the full functionality of the HP card, but I would have the extra RAM and the part of the card I wanted. It's true that wanting to copy ROM cards for backup purposes is ridiculous, but having the option of breaking up the card for integration purposes is quite useful. The PC community has almost totally left copy protection behind; the only protection they use is the need for manuals. Rob jsims@vuse.vanderbilt.edu