Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!ucsd!nosc!humu!uhccux!yuan From: yuan@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu (Yuan 'Hacker' Chang) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: AMAX: Mac Emulator Summary: Mac clones everywhere Message-ID: <3654@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu> Date: 5 Apr 89 05:10:20 GMT References: <12133@louie.udel.EDU> <6495@cbmvax.UUCP> <1841@csd4.milw.wisc.edu> <41710@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> Reply-To: yuan@uhccux.UUCP (Yuan 'Hacker' Chang) Organization: Univ. of Barbarians. Honolulu, Hawaii Lines: 19 In article <41710@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> james e gaynor writes: - - Apple has a standing policy that system ROMs may be used in emulators -and other machines, as long as they are not the current version of the -Macintosh ROMs. Therefore, 64k and 128k ROMs are fine, (witness Magic Sac -and Spectre for the Atari ST), while the 256k ROMs are a definite no-no, -liable to bring the considerable legal wrath of Apple upon you. A recent issue of MacWeek showed a picture of a Taiwanese MacClone called the 'Jonathan.' The Jonathan was being shown at the West Germany CEBIT show, with a legal copy of MacROM. Supposedly the company already has clones of MacROM ready, waiting clearance from U.S. Customs. On the photo, a big sticker in the shape of a tomato covers where the Apple menu normally is (on the screen)... I thought that was cute... 8) -- Yuan Chang "What can go wrong, did" UUCP: {uunet,ucbvax,dcdwest}!ucsd!nosc!uhccux!yuan ARPA: uhccux!yuan@nosc.MIL "Wouldn't you like to INTERNET: yuan@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu be an _A_m_i_g_o_i_d too?!?"