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From: uunix@triton.unm.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
Subject: Re: MAC System 7.0
Message-ID: <1991May28.065027.24134@ariel.unm.edu>
Date: 28 May 91 06:50:27 GMT
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In article <1991May27.220109.1165@NCoast.ORG> davewt@NCoast.ORG (David Wright) writes:
>	If you keep up with current events you would know that you CAN get away
>with this. Look at the Nintendo world. EVERY cartridge out there is directly
>liscensed from Ninetendo itself. In fact, the NES actually contains a system
>that REQUIRES that cartridges contain a certain chip, which can only be
>obtained from Nintendo. You can't just whip up an EPROM like you could for
>the 2600. Now, they have been taken to court over this, but as far as I
>know, no verdict has been reached. So would YOU stake your companies
>future on producing something that may or may not be ruled illagal, when the
>outcome is unknown, and the penalties severe if you lose?
>
>
>				Dave

I am not sure if it was this very case, but I saw in the news this weekend
that Atari won a case with Nintendo concerining emulation.  It was TV news
and no details were given.  But it said something about being able to play
Nintendo games on an Atari.  I am sure of that. 


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