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Subject: macroms
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Date: Tue, 27-Jan-87 23:21:49 EST
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From: PV9Y@CORNELLA
Subject: macroms
To: INFO-ATARI16@SCORE.STANFORD.EDU

Okay, I know the 'subject' sounds like some sort of new particle.  Some
especially rare, hard to find new particle.  But macroms aren't that
uncommon.  I read on the net a while back (and I don't remember who or
when, so sorry for not giving credit where due) that there were plenty
of people at one of the shows selling the roms and apparently having
plenty of them.  Now doesn't it make sense that if you buy the roms, you
have the right (just as you do, or at least should, to backup your
software to a somewhat different medium, say hard disk or tape backup)
to put the contents of those roms onto a disk (and I'll admit that I
have no idea as how to do that) and use them for whatever *personal*
purposes you may have.  I'm not saying that you should be allowed to
copy them to every pirate board you could find; I totally disagree with
that.  That's why I like the idea of the PD Mac emulator, minus roms.  I
like PD software, particularly when it is as good as it is for this
computer.  But I still think that the issue is the same as with
software, after all, both the software and the roms are covered by the
same copyright law, aren't they?  So Chuck, I'm not trying to rip off
Apple, I'm just trying to get the most out of what I believe is a very
good computer system with many possibilities.
    Now that I've cleared that up (or so I hope), can anyone ANSWER my
questions without questioning the legality of the macroms right now?
Please?  Pretty please?

                                     Adam Engst

pv9y@cornella.bitnet
engst%tcgould.tn.cornell.edu@crnlcs.bitnet

The above is totally original and reflects no one's opinions but
my own and my penguin's.