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From: hase@hase_1.UUCP (Hartmut Semken)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Possible Macintosh Clones??
Message-ID: <434@hase_1.UUCP>
Date: 15 Feb 90 15:55:41 GMT
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pv9y@vax5.cit.cornell.edu writes:

>I have an idea which might solve the low cost Mac problem and create a larger
>Mac market in the process.  It's a fact that a main reason why the PC's are so
>popular is that everyone cloned them and undercut IBM in price.  Apple has
>always refused to allow such competition by keeping the technology secret (or
>least closely guarded).  Think about what would happen if Apple started
>licensing the technology needed to produce a Mac+ with the 128K ROMS.  

:-)
Ther were a lot of rumors, Apple already licensed the SE custom chips to
some Taiwanese manufacturer on the CeBIT last year.
I even spoke to some kind soul from Honkong, who promised to send me
information about their Mac-clone motherboards.

They sent me information about their PClones...

Maybe, it is true: the clones made the original Apple ][ sell, cause
the larger user base attracted software developers.
Well, in the days of piracy...


Apple Germany is fighting any sort-of clone of the Mac; and they tend to
be unfair, doing it: when Proficomp GmbH sold the "Aladin" Mac emulator
for the Atari ST, Apple (Germany) stopped it by making it too exspesive
for Proficomp to go to court.
Apple Germany tries to stop delivery of the Spectre 128/GCR Mac emulator
in Germany as well: everybody selling it is accused of software
piracy...

Since the emulators are not perfect Mac clones (there is a large number
of limitations in these systems) but good enough to make people Mac
addicts, Apple germanys policy does not make a lot of sense to me.

But I'm only human, and not responsible for a large, profitable company
:-)

hase
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