Re: Why were my auctions cancelled?

["M. Pender" <mpender@hotmail.com>]

On 4/19/04 8:07 PM, in article 408469fc_5@corp.newsgroups.com, "Exegete"
<millers@noneofyourbusiness.com> wrote:

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> M. Pender wrote:
>> On 4/17/04 5:29 PM, in article 4081a1f2$1_5@corp.newsgroups.com, "Exegete"
>> <millers@noneofyourbusiness.com> wrote:
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>>> This thread points out one thing - Apple will defend their intellectual
>>> property rights, even when they aren't making one thin dime from selling
>>> them. So, considering the thoughts in another thread about creating a
>>> new "clone" of the II to keep the hardware alive, one had better not
>>> copy the ROMs, and then try to sell the machine. Unless, of course, you
>>> copy the Laser or Franklin ROMs, neither of these companies, if they
>>> still exist, seem inclined to fight like Apple is.
>>> 
>>> Roy
>> 
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>> IIRC Laser (VTech) did not write the ROMs for the 128, they licensed them
>> from Microsoft.  I wouldn't recommend anyone try to sell a machine with M$
>> software in ROM without first getting a license.
>> 
>> - Mike
>> 
> They licensed the BASIC, but did they license the rest? The monitor?

They licensed the BASIC; I don't really know about the monitor.  Writing a
monitor program isn't really that hard, so I assumed that they just ordered
the whole package from M$--it wouldn't be the first time one of my
assumptions ... oh you know. :)