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- On Mon, 29 Jan 1996, Simon Tooke wrote:
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- > In <ufpwc7p7mx.fsf@ftp.ardi.com> Clifford T. Matthews <ctm@ardi.com> writes:
- > >We wrote Executor, a Macintosh emulator that allows PCs to run much
- > >68k Macintosh software, and it does so faster on entry level Pentiums
- > >than any 68k based Macintosh Apple ever released.
- >
- > >We did this all without any help from Apple and we do not use any of
- > >Apple's ROMs or System file, nor have we disassembled any of Apple's
- > >ROM or System file. By doing it this way we have not been able to
- > >support all of System 7, much less support post System 7 features like
- > >QuickTime. In addition, there are still enough compatbility problems
- > >that many programs do not work. *However*, if we could license System
- > >7.5, we could fairly easily get a very large degree of compatibility,
- > >since we'd be using Apple's code with all its quirks, rather than our
- > >rewrite from incomplete and inaccurate documentation.
- >
- > What if you just emulated the raw Mac (ROMS only) and asked users
- > to go buy System 7.5 themselves?
- >
- > -simon tooke
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- As I understand the project, ARDI wanted this package to be legit, if
- they were to dissassemble, reverse engineer (or do just about anything to
- the ROMs), Apple would be right on their ass for copyright infringement.
- It would be nice if the ROMs were *legal* to reproduce (through software
- or other methods) by anyone that wanted to, BUT as I understand it, this
- is not the case.
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