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From: dave@helm.UUCP (David Goldblatt)
Newsgroups: net.micro.atari16
Subject: Re: Mac software on ST?
Message-ID: <551@helm.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 28-Jul-86 19:50:38 EDT
Article-I.D.: helm.551
Posted: Mon Jul 28 19:50:38 1986
Date-Received: Sat, 9-Aug-86 01:35:27 EDT
References: <860724-104707-2688@Xerox>
Reply-To: dave@helm.UUCP (David Goldblatt)
Organization: helm, Farmingdale, Long Island, NY
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Keywords: Mac, ST, combination thereof

In article <860724-104707-2688@Xerox> Ng.PA@Xerox.COM writes:
>
>   On the July issue of Computer Current, I leaned there is a $300
>module that plugs into the cartidge port of the ST allows it to run
>almost all the Macintosh software.  Could someone out there in the
>netland give me more infor on this?
>   Could someone also give me a brief review on the 1040 ST developer
>package?
>
>
>Thanks,
>
>Nelson

	There was a blurb in either ANTIC, ANALOG, or Byte a couple of
months ago describing that David Small [of magazine fame, including
Outpost:Atari in the now-defunct Creative Computing] had developed a box
which let a ST run Mac software, including graphics.  There was only
one little problem in this: to make one's ST think it's a Macintosh, it
must BE a Macintosh - simple brainwashing doesn't work; you need a new
brain.  Basically, what he did was develop a DMA port device which
amongst other things, contained the Macintosh ROMs.  That's all well and
good, until you recall the 'unimportant' fact that the Macintosh ROMs are
copyrighted..  Last I heard, Small was waiting for some sort of response
from Apple as to whether he could market the device, either by including
ROMs purchased from Apple, or having the buyer purchase them from an
Apple dealer. It SOUNDED good, but it wouldn't be the first time someon
failed to market something along those lines..

-dg-

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