Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!caen!news.cs.indiana.edu!arizona.edu!arizona!dave Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc Subject: Re: Mac roms on disk Message-ID: <1206@caslon.cs.arizona.edu> From: dave@cs.arizona.edu (Dave Schaumann) Date: 18 Mar 91 05:47:47 GMT Followup-To: alt.yo-ho-ho.and.a-disk-full-of-roms,alt.alert-the-fbi References: <4324@orbit.cts.com> <1991Mar18.040439.21838@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> Organization: U of Arizona CS Dept, Tucson Lines: 19 In article <1991Mar18.040439.21838@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> rjc@geech.ai.mit.edu (Ray Cromwell) writes: |In article mikeg@amiganet.chi.il.us (Mike Glass) writes: |>Yes....But even so, if pirates were to attempt to upload the roms cracked onto |>disk, they would not be able to upload the Utility & Systems disk, because (or |>so I've heard) they are in AMAX format, and cannot be taken out of it, but |>Amiga DOS can't read it. So even if the ROMS can be cracked, you can't use |>AMAX without those disks. Pretty smart those guys eh?! | | You can transfer AMAX disks using Disk Masher, Warp, Zoom, and ZAP. |[etc] You know, I find this whole discussion is borderline offensive. If you are a law-abiding, civic minded programmer, WHO CARES if you can pirate mac roms or not? And if you don't fall into the above catagory, well, check the followups. -- Dave Schaumann | dave@cs.arizona.edu | Short .sig's rule!