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Clifford T. Matthews (ctm@ardi.com) wrote:
: >>>>> "Bryan" == Bryan Wu <bwu@panix.com> writes:
: In article <4q0aej$ag0@panix.com> bwu@panix.com (Bryan Wu) writes:
: Bryan> In <4pts6m$cp6@geraldo.cc.utexas.edu>
: Bryan> Soleil@utxvms.cc.utexas.edu (Brandon Hines) writes:
: >> allroy@concentric.net (Nick Ganig) wrote:
: >>> no. you see, it is ILLEGAL to emulate the macintosh os,
: >>> whereas, any white trash developer with a couple hundred bucks
: >>> can make an AT-compatible os.
: >> Check out www.ardi.com. Not perfect, but certianly not
: >> ILLEGAL.
: Bryan> It's borderline illegal. If I'm not mistaken, to run
: Bryan> Executor, you need the Mac Roms, right?
: No. You do not need the ROMs, or anything from Apple, nor did any
: ARDI engineers or contributors disassemble or otherwise examine
: Apple's OS or toolbox code. That's why Executor has so many
: limitations (and it currently has many). On the other hand, our OS
: and toolbox rewrite is 100% native, which is why Executor is so fast.
: Bryan> And to get those
: Bryan> ROMs you're supposed to have a mac. So why are you running
: Bryan> the one licensed Mac ROM (which is, of course, a
: Bryan> copyrighted program) on your PC when you could be running
: Bryan> it on your mac? Unless you're taking that ROM data from a
: Bryan> mac plus and want the speed boost and are never using the
: Bryan> Mac Plus concurrently with Executor, the only way you're
: Bryan> using that Mac Rom is illegally.
: Bryan> Of course, maybe you don't need a copy of the mac
: Bryan> rom's.. but I doubt that.
: You were mistaken. Hopefully once Executor 2 is launched (RSN) there
: will be a few articles about it in some of the popular trade
: magazines. It's a tricky enough subject that some in depth
: explanations would help everyone out on both sides.
: Bryan> Bryan
: http://www.ardi.com/ has more information on Executor.
: --Cliff
: ctm@ardi.com
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