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From: kenr@peabody.iusb.indiana.edu (Ken Rawlings)
Subject: Re: HP48sx Simulator for Dos?
Message-ID: <1991Apr20.165115.27895@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu>
Keywords: HP48sx
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Date: Sat, 20 Apr 91 16:51:15 GMT
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In article <1991Apr20.012113.27024@qualcomm.com> rdippold@lajolla.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold) writes:
>In article <1991Apr17.032238.4258@netcom.COM> feustel@netcom.COM (David Feustel) writes:
>>What I'm actually looking for is 48sx functionality on a pc, only with
>Good luck... the most valuable part of the HP48sx are the ROMS.  It's the code
>
>What I'm meandering around to getting at is that it would be illegal to copy
>the ROMS so that you could run them on your PC, and that I can't imagine
>anyone doing a clean-room version of the HP48sx roms any time in the near
>future.

	Are you sure about this? 

	If _I_ copy my ROM to a PC file and use a saturn emulator to emulate
a 48SX, would I be violating copywright infringement? 
	This is assuming that _only_ I use the program and do not give copies
of my ROMs to another soul.  
	Any legal eagles out there?


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