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From: BAXTER_A@wehi.dn.mu.oz
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
Subject: Re: Macintosh emulator (Re: C128 emulator?)
Message-ID: <24244@wehi.dn.mu.oz>
Date: 31 Mar 91 19:01:23 GMT
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>> 
>> ** 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.
> 
> A rebuttal is easy.  It is completely reasonable for Apple to hold the view that
> you should have to buy a Mac to run Mac software.  Because some clever software
> types came up with a sneaky way to make a Mac emulator that didn't violate
> Apple's copyrights doesn't mean that Apple is somehow 'wrong' in trying to stop
> such emulators and certainly doesn't justify ripping the ROMs off because they
> can no longer be obtained legally.  Just because you want to emulate a Mac on
> your Amiga doesn't necessarily mean you have a right to do so.  The Amax folks
> would get in touch with the people that have developed a compatible chip set
> based on Motif and see if they can license them for resale, thereby cutting
> Apple out of the loop.
> 
> David Albrecht


Oh well. Guess I'll just have to keep posting this...

Apple ROMS are leagally and freely (actually, for $20) available from Apple's
pacific distributer, Sun Business Machines, in Kowloon, Hong Kong.


Regards Alan