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From: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita)
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Subject: Re: Rumors...AMAX
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Date: 9 Feb 90 18:03:26 GMT
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	The reason that you have to buy the ROM's and hardware is that
it is 100% illegal for ReadySoft to sell you the Apple ROM's on disk.
What they are currently doing is "pseudo-legal", apparently. As they
haven't been sued yet I imagine it's legal enough.
	The "hardware" does two things: it gives you a place to put
the ROMs so they can be read by AMax. Secondly it allows you to a
Macintosh drive. This is impossible without the hardware, so these
people with the cracked version have to rely on others to transfer
software for them. This version is readily available. I feel that the
price is quite low for the two products and that if you can afford it
piracy is "inappropriate". Of course, I don't want to get into an
argument about piracy either, but I was surprised at people who were
upset at readysoft for this.
	-- Ethan

Ethan Solomita: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu
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