Re: Reply from Woz

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phoenyx <quazar@dcnet2000.com> wrote:

>> (reply from Woz)
>> I hope that someone does this, but I'm sure that the current Apple wouldn't
>> allow it.
>
>Well, you'd have to change the name you wanted to use, but this might
>actually be possible. It doesn't have to use the Apple roms. There are
>several people who have resolved this rom problem. For instance,
>the Laser company created their own set of compatible roms. There
>is also the people who created an older shareware Apple emulator for
>the PC. I can't remember the name off hand. It came out in the early
>90's and didn't get a lot of recognition since the shareware fee was
>a little steep. Anyway, they created 'clean room roms' for the emulator
>and if I remember right, it even included a better monitor than the
>original Apple version.
>
>Since the rom compatibility is the most important for software
>compatibility it might be easier to purchase one of these for use
>in this new computer.

The emulator you are referring to is called SimSystem IIe
and actually, the feel of the emulator was remarkably like
a Laser.  I wonder if they didn't rip off Laser ROMs.  ;-)

In many respects, I think the Laser 128EX/2 was the finest
8-bit computer ever made.  It was more than a IIc Plus
and had a control panel like the IIGS.

As for SimSystem, I liked the emulator.  I found it more
usable than the free emulators and I like the fact that the
ROM was non-Apple.