CON.REILLY@SU-GSB-HOW.ARPA (Brian Reilly) (03/31/86)
Does anyone know any more about the company which has developed a cartridge that plugs into the ST, allowing it to run Macintosh software? There was a small item on this in the March 30th San Jose Mercury computer section and someone told me that the product works successfully with MacWrite and MacPaint. However the obstacle facing mass production is the approval of Apple, which seems to be necessary in order for this company to distribute their product with the Macintosh ROMs. Wouldn't it be possible for them to sell the cartridge without the ROMs and let the buyer purchase and install them? I have also heard that there will be a demo of this cartridge (MacCartridge?) at the West Coast Computer Faire. Anyone know about that? - Brian Reilly -------
tim@ism780c.UUCP (Tim Smith) (04/01/86)
> However the obstacle facing mass production is the approval of > Apple, which seems to be necessary in order for this company to > distribute their product with the Macintosh ROMs. Wouldn't it be > possible for them to sell the cartridge without the ROMs and let > the buyer purchase and install them? Yes, they could sell the cartridge without the ROMs, but where is the purchaser going to buy them? -- Tim Smith sdcrdcf!ism780c!tim || ima!ism780!tim || ihnp4!cithep!tim
nep.pgelhausen@AMES-VMSB.ARPA (04/03/86)
Could the person who originally posted this notice please re-cite his source
(includeing page number)? I checked the Merc for Sunday the 30th (which is
where I thought he said the article appeared) and found nothing of this sort.
I still have the Sunday Mercury News, and other issues could be found at a
local library if needed. I would like to read the original article.
-Richard Hartman
nep.pgelhausen"ames-vmsb
------holloway@drivax.UUCP (Bruce Holloway) (04/03/86)
In article <1297@ism780c.UUCP> tim@ism780c.UUCP (Tim Smith) writes: >> However the obstacle facing mass production is the approval of >> Apple, which seems to be necessary in order for this company to >> distribute their product with the Macintosh ROMs. Wouldn't it be >> possible for them to sell the cartridge without the ROMs and let >> the buyer purchase and install them? > >Yes, they could sell the cartridge without the ROMs, but where is >the purchaser going to buy them? Go to Macintosh dealers. Tell them you want to buy the ROMs. They'll sell them to you. But Apple may start requiring dealers to ask for serial numbers, so you'd have to know someone with a Mac to get them. -- +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Whatever I write are not the opinions or policies of Digital Research, Inc.,| |and probably won't be in the foreseeable future. | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Bruce Holloway ....!ucbvax!hplabs!amdahl!drivax!holloway (I'm not THAT Bruce Holloway, I'm the other one.)
turner@imagen.UUCP (D'arc Angel) (04/04/86)
> Does anyone know any more about the company which has developed a > cartridge that plugs into the ST, allowing it to run Macintosh software? > > - Brian Reilly > ------- yes, i just used it at the West Coast Computer Faire, it was done by David Small and was running MacPaint on the ST when i saw it. David admitted that there were still some problems with it (minor ones) and that he had only tried it with three Mac programs. Since it uses ST drives, it can not run disk protected software since the programs have to be copied to a ST disk to be run. MacPaint looks so much nicer on a ST and runs about 20% faster because of the improved screen access. The bad news is that David feels that he must market it thru Apple (for legal reasons ), if Apple turns him down then he will drop the whole thing into the trash icon. Perhaps if we all wrote Apple and told them that we would buy the cartridge then they might be moved. Hey, i worked for tinkerbell didnt it (:-) ? David didnt announce a selling price but a good guess would be about $400-600, (figure cost of roms, dave's profit, Apple's royalities etc.) I am serious about writing Apple, I think all of Dave's hard work should be rewarded. -- ---- The master is not yet married, nor do I think he ever will be. -Rocky Horror Picture Show Name: James Turner Mail: Imagen Corp. 2650 San Tomas Expressway, P.O. Box 58101 Santa Clara, CA 95052-8101 AT&T: (408) 986-9400 UUCP: ...{decvax,ucbvax}!decwrl!imagen!turner CompuServe: 76327,1575
tim@ism780c.UUCP (Tim Smith) (04/09/86)
In article <373@drivax.UUCP> holloway@drivax.UUCP (Bruce Holloway) writes: >> >> Yes, they could sell the cartridge without the ROMs, but where is >> the purchaser going to buy them? >> > Go to Macintosh dealers. Tell them you want to buy the ROMs. > They'll sell them to you. But Apple may start requiring dealers > to ask for serial numbers, so you'd have to know someone with a > Mac to get them. Considering how upset Apple got when GEM looked too much like the Mac, I don't think that they are likely to want their dealers to sell the ROMs, and I don't think that any dealer who sells ROMs will be a dealer for long. I would expect them to start requiring dealers to only sell complete Mac logic boards, and only when someone brings in a complete Mac logic board, or has a very good excuse why he can't. This of course doesn't mean that this product will never come to market. It just means that if you want it, you should buy it as soon as possible, and get your ROMs while you can. -- Tim Smith sdcrdcf!ism780c!tim || ima!ism780!tim || ihnp4!cithep!tim