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Article #12755Re: Reverse engineering stuff,.....
From: Cy Shuster
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 1990 01:42
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 1990 01:42
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In article <RANG.90Jun13164944@derby.cs.wisc.edu> rang@cs.wisc.edu (Anton Rang) writes: > Cloning the Mac ROM functionality would be a lot of work, and people >could probably not use standard system files with cloned ROMs (none of >the patches would work). It could be done, given time and money; I >don't know what parts of the Mac system are copyrighted/patented and >could lead to trouble. (I'm not a lawyer.) There's a company called Screenplay Systems in Burbank that has done it (all except the SCSI and Sound Managers)... and done it for the IBM PC! Their product is called MCP -- it's a set of libraries that you link with. The Inside Mac calls are identical, but the interface as shown is Open Look. I saw it running at the Showbiz Expo down here. Awesome... --Cy-- cy@dbase.a-t.com
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!hacgate!ashtate!dbase!cy From: cy@dbase.A-T.COM (Cy Shuster) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Reverse engineering stuff,..... Message-ID: <597@dbase.A-T.COM> Date: 15 Jun 90 01:42:17 GMT References: <1990Jun7.190751.10452@cs.utk.edu> <1990Jun7.202044.7800@eng.umd.edu> <41723@apple.Apple.COM> <30664@cup.portal.com> <1990Jun13.065704.26063@grian.cps.altadena.ca.us> <RANG.90Jun13164944@derby.cs.wisc.edu> Reply-To: cy@dbase.UUCP (Cy Shuster) Distribution: usa Organization: Ashton Tate Development Center Glendale, Calif. Lines: 16