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From: mpierce@ewu.UUCP (Mathew W. Pierce)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next,comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Macintosh emulation
Keywords: Amiga, Macintosh, Emulation
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Date: 7 Feb 91 21:07:39 GMT
References: <1991Jan29.225142.1732@Neon.Stanford.EDU> <12538@ccncsu.ColoState.EDU>
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In article <12538@ccncsu.ColoState.EDU>, klingspo@holst.tmc.edu (steve klingsporn) writes:
> 
> I must show my disgust in that copies of "pirate" Macintosh ROMs do
> exist (as do pirate copies of the AMAX-II software) in the Amiga
> community and all over AMIGA bulletin boards across the nation, and
> due to the method in which the AMAX software indeed "reads ROMs into
> RAM," users are provided with an often seemingly "fully-functional"
> Macintosh.
> 
> My question is this:  Legal?  I worked for Apple for 2 years and often
> do back in Chicago when I'm not at school.  Obviously the fact that
> Amiga (read "Toy") users are so "lucky" (as are ATARI-ST users) to
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Steve Klingsporn
> CS Major & Visionary "wanna-be,"
> Colorado State University

First of all, I have not seen one pirate of the Macintosh ROMs on any bulletin
board in Spokane (second largest city in Washington state) nor have I seen one
pirate copy of AMAX-II.  

Second of all, where is your justification in calling the Amiga a toy?  Tell
me, I want to know how my performing class programming assignments, producing
documents, producing applications, playing an occasional game, along with my
wife's production of professional artwork and documents describes my Amiga as
a toy.  Being a CS major, you SHOULD now that there is no one computer for all
jobs, and that even though one computer has an edge over another computer in 
one area, the same computer is more than likely inferior to the other in another
area.

I know that this does not belong here, but I am an Amiga owner and a NeXT user
that enjoys this area of the net, but get quite annoyed by persons who make the 
ignorant statements like the one above by Mr. Klingsporn.

Just my 2 cents worth

Mathew Pierce