Re: Official and LEGAL ways to emulate Apple II?

["Paul Grammens" <grammens@svn.net>]

"J. Random Luser" <postmaster@127.0.0.1> wrote
>
> I have also heard a claim that you can emulate as long as you own the
> original machine you are emulating. I have no idea if this is true, or
> if it's just a made-up concept that has no real legal bearing. Has
> this ever been tested in court? (Can you point me to any web info
> relating to this?)
>
> How far does this concept go? Must you retain a fully functional
> machine, or is it enough to just own the ROMs from the machine? Could
> I pull the ROMs, put them in electrostatic-safe foam, and discard the
> rest of the computer?
>
> Must you own the exact machine, or is it okay to have the ROMs from a
> newer generation of the computer line and emulate an older version? At
> this school I am trying to upgrade to emulation, we have 25 Apple IIgs
> computers in storage. But I want to use AppleWin, not a IIgs emulator.
> Is it okay to keep the IIgs ROMs around as legal "proof" I can use the
> IIe emulator?
>

It does seem like all you need are the ROMs.  Here is a case where a third
party created a laptop called the Outbound which used the ROMs from a Mac
Plus or SE.   Here is the manual. In "Installation Summary"  it tells how to
remove the ROM chips from the Plus and install them in the Outbound.  Ergo,
all you need is a set of ROMs for each emulator.

http://www.applefritter.com/macclones/outbound/laptop/installation/index.htm
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I do believe you need the same type of ROMs you are using in the emulator,
so IIgs ROMs might not cut it.  Surely you could easily and cheaply aquire
enough ROMs though.  Ask for donations, or find someone with a pile of
junked IIe's who will pull and mail you the ROMs.
Very interesting problem, and I wish you success.
-Paul