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From: 6600dadg@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (Mark Dadgar)
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Subject: Re: Mac Software on a NeXT ???  PLEASE!!
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Date: 28 May 91 20:39:18 GMT
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In article <15174@ccncsu.ColoState.EDU> nates@sporobolus.NREL.ColoState.EDU (Nate Sammons) writes:


>Hey,


>		Anyone know if there is anyboby working on a
>way to run Mac software on a NeXT??  I don't see why not, since
>the 68040 is binary compatible with the other processors in the 
>680x0 family, and since someone already did it for the SPARC...




>		PLEASE let me know if there is a way....

The problem is not technical, it's legal.  NuTek has claimed to have
cloned the Mac BIOS, and they are presently being sued by Apple.  
Unfortunately, it'll probably come down to who has the bigger lawyers.
So, until the way is cleared to clone the ROM's in a way that Apple
cannot contest, we won't be seeing any Mac emulators.  Unless, of
course, you count add-in boards using purchased Mac ROMS.  An expensive
solution.

I do not, in this capacity, represent the views of NeXT Computers, Inc.


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