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In article <1992Apr7.054027.10502@cis.ohio-state.edu>  
tbrown@tortoise.cis.ohio-state.edu (Ted Brown) writes:
> In article <1992Apr7.045538.1530@usenet.ins.cwru.edu>  
bl692@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Dan Ackerman II) writes:
> >
> >Dear Mr. Dhir,
> >
> >	Question how in the He** are you supposed to run Spectre
> >without the Spectre Cartridge (or more appropriately the Mac
> >Roms it contains)?  Maybe run the pirate file versions of the Mac
> >Roms like Darryl Microsofts running a pirate version of TOS?
> >
> 
> This does bring up the question.  Just *how* does/would Gemulator
> run Spectre?  I think running Spectre without the Spectre cart just
> might be against Dave Small's wishes.  Can you even buy a copy of 
> Spectre without buying the cart?
> 
> Also note that reading the MacRoms into memory is illegal unless you do  
it
> *every* time you start the emulator.  Copying them do disk and leaving  
the
> ROMs on the shelf is not legal (as I understand it).
> 
> Was the demo of Gemulator running off a TOS board?  If not, *that* is  
illegal.
> 
> It won't run video at ST speeds no matter what speed the chip is at  
unless
> maybe you have an EISA bus (which those cheap clones arent) or its one  
of
> the new direct mapped video models which start at $5,499 for a base line
> Dell.  And you *can't* upgade to one, it on the board not the bus.
> 
> Pay lots of money, have to get a board to hold TOS (and waste a slot),  
not
> run MIDI aps, have slow video, and still have performance under  
question.
> And I don't expect it to be able to *legally* able to run Spectre.   
That's just
> marketing bullsh** for all I know till I hear how they will do it.
> 
> I still don't get it!  Who'd buy Gemulator, and if someone did, should  
they
> be commited?
> 
> Ted Brown

Actually the Local Bus motherboards don't cost much at all.  You can get a  
486/33 Local-Bus with 8mb RAM, 200MB HD, and a 14" SVGA card/monitor with  
DOS and Windows for $2750.  Look through the new issues of Computer  
Shopper.  Great deals.

Peace.

					- Al