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From: rubinoff@linc.cis.upenn.edu (Robert Rubinoff)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Mac clone rumor (long)
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Date: 24 May 89 15:05:10 GMT
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Has anyone actually seen one of these clones?  The description struck me as
very unlikely.  The idea of erasing the (EP)ROM if you try to read it strikes
me as nuts; the machine is guaranteed to self-destruct sooner or later.  And
I don't think many people will be happy about the idea that if they do destroy
the ROM, they can get it replaced eventually (if they can prove it was an
accident).  This will go over real well: my paper's due in 12 hours, but oops!
my machine just self-destructed.  Well, I can get it fixed day after tomorrow
(if the dealer has spare ROMs in stock).  And what business would even consider
buying such a machine?

Not to mention the unlikely claims that they're much faster than Apple's code,
and that it's legal to use Apple software on these machines.

I suspect the information is either drastically garbled or a delayed April
Fool's joke.

   Robert