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From: dzenc@mole.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Dan Zenchelsky)
Subject: The REAL scoop on the "Gameboy Emulator"
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Date: Sat, 6 Apr 91 03:32:26 GMT
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After seeing the "Gameboy emulator,"  I realized that it was in some
way connected with Jez San and Argonaut software.  I contacted him
about it and he asked me to forward the following message to Usenet:
 
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That gameboy emulator was written before we ever saw a gameboy, as
an experiment.  It is not genuinely gameboy compatible.  In fact, its
nothing even close to a gameboy.  It is in fact a z80 emulator, the PD
one from 'simcpm' with a gameboy IFF picture on the front.  The Tetris
isn't the real tetris, its a 2-day effort written in z80 code.  Note, a
gameboy isnt a z80, and the 'gameboy-emulator' doesnt in fact emulate
a gameboy at all.
 
Above all.  This program should not have been pirated.  It was an in-house
experiment.  Never distributed.  Whoever did, shouldn't have.  Its amazing
how much damage people can do by pirating programs they dont own.
 
Please,  forward  it [this message] onto usenet and ask for the files to be
removed and everyone's copies to be destroyed.  Many thanks,
 
-- Jez.
 
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-Dan
dzenc@gnu.ai.mit.edu