[net.micro.apple] ][+ Upgrade, ProDOS License?

Mly.G.Pogo%MIT-OZ@MIT-MC.ARPA@sri-unix.UUCP (09/18/84)

From:  Bob Soron <Mly.G.Pogo%MIT-OZ@MIT-MC.ARPA>


	Some time ago InfoWorld and most Apple-concerned magazines
published reports that Woz was working on a firmware card that would
upgrade the ][+ to a //e.  Does anyone know if Apple has any
intention of actually doing this?
	Also, the ProDOS User's Kit >finally< arrived in this area,
and among its many faults is a licensing agreement tucked invisibly
inside the package.  The dealer didn't mention it to me while I was
buying the "Kit," even though there's a dealer's copy of the
license.  Is this a fluke?  Are the rest of the packages like that?
The last case I remember decided that even the licensing agreement
that becomes valid once the seal is broken is questionable.  Did
Apple blow it?
	(Although, for those of us who enjoy the security of having
back-up copies for our own use, it may worthwhile to sign it, since
it explicitly allows back-up copies (their plural) to be made for
our own use.  Any commercial ProDOS licensee would have to abide by
that, I assume?)
...Bob
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