Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcsri!utcs!pete From: pete@utcs.uucp Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Getting the Sac Message-ID: <1986Dec18.221454.7124@utcs.uucp> Date: Thu, 18-Dec-86 22:14:54 EST Article-I.D.: utcs.1986Dec18.221454.7124 Posted: Thu Dec 18 22:14:54 1986 Date-Received: Fri, 19-Dec-86 02:15:07 EST References: <8612131706.AA11333@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> <867@ark.cs.vu.nl> Reply-To: pete@utcs.UUCP (Peter Santangeli) Organization: University of Toronto Computing Services, general purpose UNIX Lines: 32 Checksum: 49404 In article <867@ark.cs.vu.nl> Patrick@cs.vu.nl (Patrick van Kleef) writes: > >Great News!!!! >In Europe people succeeded in writing a *software* Mac Emulator. Which >basically works the same as the hardware Magic Sac, but instead of needing >a set of Macintosh Roms in the cartridge port, it loads the Rom contents >into _memory_. > >Apart from this *everything* works the same. Mac Paint runs and so does all >of the other stuff that could run on the Mac Sac. > >I'm inclined to believe that David Small (the inventor of the Magic Sac) >just made a hardware version in order to boost his profits. Obviously, >this works just as fine. *MUCH* more likely (and less cynical) is that Dave did this to FORCE PEOPLE TO BUY REAL ROMS. A product such as this European thing (IF in fact it is on the up and up, and not a pirate of the magic sac) is nothing but an INVITATION to copy (copy as in STEAL) the code in the Mac Roms and put them on disk. According to Dave Small, the Magic Sac will not even work with EPROMS, never mind software in Ram. For the sake of the authors of this system, I hope it DOES remain in the public domain. I they tried to sell it Apples Lawyers would likely be on them like Ugly on an Ape. I personally aplaud Dave Small for forcing people to give Apple Programers their due (And I hope I speak for a majority on the Net!) > Thanks, Pete Santangeli pete@utcs psantangeli on BIX