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Re: Apple II DTV



MagerValp wrote:
I thought Apple put all the Apple 2 stuff in the public domain? Or was
that just the classic mac stuff? As for microsoft, it depends on what
kind of deal apple had with them. Commodore bought a license that
allowed them to use the basic indefinitely for a one time fee,
something that apparently didn't please Bill.

Nah, they just offered system disk images on their site is all.

The deal with MS was a 10 year deal which was renewed for another 10 years in 1987, so, expired in 1997.

There is the Apple ][ (Wozniak integer BASIC) ROM, which would be safer, from this standpoint, as only Apple need grant permission. (With 64K RAM it can be used almost as a 48K ][+ for standard DOS 3.3 apps, by loading the Apple ][+ ROM code into RAM - this is what the APPLESOFT program on teh DOS 3.3 system masters did.)

Moll.