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Re: What are the chances of a Replica II project?



Michael J. Mahon wrote:

> But there is still the issue of whether Apple would consider
> the use of Apple II ROMs in any other equipment than an
> Apple II to be OK.  I'd be surprised if the licensing terms
> with Microsoft even allowed such a use.

Unless the license explicitly stated otherwise, what they consider is
probably irrelevant. Using a ROM the way I intend means you have to
pull it from a board to use it which ensures you're only using one copy
of the software at a time.

>From a legality perspective, it's a lot sounder that emulators are, and
since there has been more than one commercial emulator product, I think
it's pretty safe.

Matt