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From: krag@cup.portal.com (Kevin Ray Grotjohn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Rumors...AMAX
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Date: 22 Feb 90 02:12:42 GMT
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I really didn't want to get on this one.  I have sold my AMAX for other
reasons and did not retain a copy of anything, unless I run disksalve.
Would it have been illegal for ReadySoft to check for the existence of 
the rom's after loading them once to the harddrive, and to make the check
every time it is run to make sure somebody isn't passing around their
cartridge.  I'm suprised they didn't put a dongle ID in their cartridge to
avoid this pirated ROM to HD problem.  I never did care for the 6" cartridge
but I don't believe in piracy of someone else's effort's even if it is
apples.  Prior to this HD hack I had heard of people EPromming apples
roms to place in the cartridge.  They should check for that as well by
asserting the write lines of the EPROM to prevent use.
With this crap going on, what incentive do they have to make AMAX II.