[comp.sys.amiga.misc] Availability of ROMs

torrie@cs.stanford.edu (Evan J Torrie) (01/19/91)

es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita) writes:

>In article <1991Jan18.165311.18870@Neon.Stanford.EDU> torrie@cs.stanford.edu (Evan J Torrie) writes:
>>
>>  As a matter of interest, does Commodore sell their ROMs and custom
>>chips (Blitter, Copper) etc to anybody??
>>
>	You CAN buy replacement parts, and also you can buy them
>when they are changed, i.e. 2.0 and ECS. But we have no idea how
>Commodore would react if an emulator comes out. Currently there
>aren't any.

  Apparently, Apple also allows you to do that so long as you return
your CURRENT Roms to the dealer (who then must return them to Apple).
I wonder how the Hydra people (currently making a Mac emulator board
for the IBM) plan to get their ROM sets...  there is talk of them
producing their own Mac compatible ROMs, and also OS - licensed from
Xerox to avoid an Apple lawsuit.

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