Re: UAE Rom- Right or Wrong?

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From: Edmund Vermeulen
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 1996 12:08

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On 14 Apr 96 Charles McDonald wrote about 'UAE Rom- Right or Wrong?':

 CM>     I recently posted a message asking for someone to send me a
 CM> Kickstart X.X ROM image for UAE-DOS and UAE-MAC.  The next day I
 CM> recieved two, one being  820,529 in length and the other 710,059. (The
 CM> size differance is probably due to different versions of the copied
 CM> Kickstart ROM image.) 

 CM> I have heard that there is some kind of virus-ROM image that reformats
 CM> your hard drive (or whatever c:\ is, tape drive, etc.).  How can I
 CM> check the two ROM images I have for authenticity? I am not trying to
 CM> incriminate the folks who sent me the ROM's, I just want to play it
 CM> safe.  Thanks!

What do you think when you come into an Amiga newsgroup asking for an illegal
copy of a copyrighted ROM? FYI, Kickstart ROMs are either 256K (V1.3) or 512K
(V2.0 or higher) so you can rest assured that the rest of the 700 of 800 K file
has been filled with a hard disk formatting utility by the kind Amiga users who
sent you the ROM image.


Greetings, Edmund
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