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From: MARKS-ROGER@YALE.ARPA
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Subject: software Mac and rudeness
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Date: Thu, 18-Dec-86 06:03:26 EST
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Posted: Thu Dec 18 06:03:26 1986
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>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_.

>The good thing of all this is that the software emulator may be Public
>Domain! Ofcourse, it does not include the Mac Rom contents themselves. You
>will probably be requested to buy them and transfer them to disk.

	I'm confused.  It seems to me that one should consider ROMs to be
hardware.  Debate this if you'd like, but the fact remains that I 
can't imagine being able to "transfer" the ROMs to disk without some sort
of...hardware.  The Sac solution of plugging the ROMs into the cartridge
port seems to me eminently reasonable.  And, of course, the Sac is part
software too.
	Why do I make an issue over this?  Read on...

>I'm inclined to believe that ....(the inventor of the Magic Sac) 
>just made a hardware version in order to boost his profits. Obviously,
>this works just as fine.

	I find this statement outrageously offensive.  From my vantage point,
the Sac seems like a perfectly rational design.  If someone has something
better or cheaper to offer, fantastic.  But to come out with a vicious remark,
based entirely on the author's imagination and without any apparent purpose,
is pure sleazeville.  
	While I'm at it, a certain guy at Atari has been taking a lot of 
cheap shots on this net from people who expect continuous attention from him
just because they know his name.  Complain about his employer if you have to,
but keep the personal stuff out of it.  This isn't just my cockamamy notion--
check the net ground rules.
	While I'll admit that I wouldn't be flaming away if I didn't perceive
the people in question to be two of the "nice guys", I think the principle is
more general than that.  The principle is, come on, guys, let's be civilized.

FYI: I have no connection with any of the parties involved.

Roger
Marks@yale.arpa
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