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From: lrg7030@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Loren J. Rittle)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
Subject: Re: Amax on a 3000: need MacROM 2.0
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Date: 10 May 91 04:52:31 GMT
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In article <1991May9.154358.22428@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita) writes:
>In article <1991May9.004724.21131@netcom.COM> rodent@netcom.COM (Ben Discoe) writes:
>>
>>  Well, since Mac ROMs have moved from the grey to the black market, i,
>>the humble owner of a brand-new AmaxII, must search for a utility known
>>as "MacROM 2.0" which will provide the same ability.  I'm sure it
>>exists somewhere; I have MacROM 1.1 (which worked with Amax I).
>>Does anyone have a copy they could send me the 2.0 version, or a tip
>>on where to find it?
>>  If you want to argue about its legality, use email (or don't bother).
>>  Then again, there probably aren't many Apple sympathizers in this group.
>>:-)
>>
>>----------------
>>Ben Discoe, radical ecologist, computer scientist
>
>	Not that many, but there are lots of Apple employees and
>I have no doubt Apple lawyers. What you are asking for is
>blatantly illegal. If you do it, fine. But posting here asking
>for an illegal program is just REALLY arrogant.

The program to read a Mac ROM from a Mac is no more illegal than
a program to read an Amiga ROM (which btw, Dave H. used in SetCPU)
from an Amiga.  It is the act of transferring the created image away
from the machine with the ROM that is illegal.  The program is perfectly
legal.  Ethan, you usually know better...  Hell, if reading a ROM
were illegal, we'd all have a small problem... :-)

Loren J. Rittle
--
``NewTek stated that the Toaster  *would*  *not*  be made to directly support
  the Mac, at this point Sculley stormed out of the booth...'' --- A scene at
  the recent MacExpo.  Gee, you wouldn't think that an Apple Exec would be so
  worried about one little Amiga device... Loren J. Rittle  l-rittle@uiuc.edu