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From: JKT100@psuvm.psu.edu (JKT)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
Subject: Re: Macintosh emulator (Re: C128 emulator?)
Message-ID: <91064.212753JKT100@psuvm.psu.edu>
Date: 6 Mar 91 02:27:53 GMT
References: <930@caslon.cs.arizona.edu> <91054.231708JKT100@psuvm.psu.edu>
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In article <42@net23.weber.edu>, val@net23.weber.edu (Oberon Kenobi) says:
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>     Pirates have successfully (though I highly disapprove) made the A-MAX
>emulator entirely disk resident.  This violates proprieTerry copyrights by
>both Apple and the producers of A-MAX.
>     While I won't mention any names, some people need to be prosecuted.

I agree...  There are too many copies of A-Max running around on disk.

However, in the role of devil's advocate, I would like to bring up
two rebuttal points:

1) You can't use A-Max with a Mac drive unless you buy it; you need
   the hardware connection.  This should help keep heavy users honest.

(But more importantly:)
2) Apple has cut off the supply of Mac ROMs.  Many folks who want
   to do the legal thing and buy them cannot.  If a person has made
   an honest effort to purchase them, can you truly fault that
   person for using pirated copies of the ROMs?  Apple could have
   made its profit if it had wanted to...  It chose not to.

** Before you flame me, I OWN both A-Max II and a set of legal ROMs **

But I would be interested in anyone who has a rebuttal to my points above.


                                                            Kurt
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