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From: mnemonic@eff.org (Mike Godwin)
Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk
Subject: Re: Apple's right to stop traffic in Mac ROMS
Message-ID: <1991Feb23.020232.24678@eff.org>
Date: 23 Feb 91 02:02:32 GMT
References: <24928@netcom.COM> <12431@helios.TAMU.EDU>
Organization: The Electronic Frontier Foundation
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In article <12431@helios.TAMU.EDU> cmw1725@tamsun.tamu.edu (Christopher Walton) writes:
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>The reason that Apple doesn't want the ROMs to be old separatly is twofold,
>one reason is that the Amiga company ReadySoft cas come out with a Mac
>emulator, which needs the ROMs to work (Well actually you don't NEED the ROMs
>but, then you wouldn't be legal would you...).  That is not what stirred up
>the trouble though, the thing that got on Apples back was that the Amiga`s
>Mac emulator, worked BETTER than several of Apples own machines...  (Programs
>actually run faster on my Amiga running in Mac mode than on a decked out Mac,
>with the same processor, hey go figure!)  Many Mac owners rightfully complained
>and in an attempt to put an end to the situation they prohibited the sale of
>the ROMs by non Apple dealers, and prohibited the sale of the ROMs alone.

Your last sentence is mistaken. Apple's action was not predicated on
Mac owner complaints. Instead, it was based on Apple's desire to 
prevent the manufacture of clones using Mac ROMs.



--Mike





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