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From: hojo@cbnewsb.cb.att.com (HC Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: No More Mac ROMs?  <- cloning the roms
Summary: They cloned the user interface into the roms
Message-ID: <1991Feb13.184335.10451@cbfsb.att.com>
Date: 13 Feb 91 18:43:35 GMT
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In article <27B74418.1334@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca>, art@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (Art Mulder) writes:
> In article <1991Feb11.202327.3702@unx2.ucc.okstate.edu> cummins@unx2.ucc.okstate.edu (John Cummins) writes:
> >>Well, I have heard that a company has successfully cloned the Mac ROMs, 
> >>opening the doors to a flood of Mac clones. I don't know the name or 
> >>anything though, but this might be a ray of sunlight to the Mac emulation 
> >>world.
> 
> about 6 months ago in the 'X' newsgroup there was a posting from a company
> that was cloning the mac toolbox roms.  In a recent housecleaning I
> blew away the article, so I can't quote it.  So go looking in the
> X group for details.
> 
What they demonstrated was an X implementation of the ROMS User interface.
-Things like : open window; write;  etc.
This allowed a user program for a MAC to run on X.  But in no way did they
attempt to implement the MAC lower stuff.

Sorry.

Howard Johnson
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