🚀 go-pugleaf

Nathanael J Henderson (nahender@plains.NoDak.edu) wrote:
: Jeff Halverson (halv0019@gold.tc.umn.edu) wrote:

: : Executor will grow exponentially.  Some of the Post-2.0 features will include 
: : sound support, extensions (INITS), serial port support, and full system 7.0 
: : support, and we have even heard rumors that they may be able to have an option 
: : of "dropping in" an actual Mac-OS (system 7.5, or even copeland when it 
: : arrives) for 100% compatibility.

:     Hmm.  Beyond being a spectacular technical achievement, that brings 
: up some interesting legal questions.  The Apple system software liscences 
: I've seen always specified that you had the right to use it on *Apple* 
: hardware, implying that uses like Executor, Emplant, etc. are a rather 
: grey area.  Emplant was never a serious threat to Apple profits, but they 
: may pay more attention to Executor if they think it threatens hardware sales.

: : Another great thing about the guys & gals at 
: : ARDI is they will make the Desktop source code available so that you can modify 
: : it to do whatever the hell you want!  So if they are sucessful, your Executor 
: : will be more customizable that your System7.x/System 8.x!!!

:     Nonsence.  You already can re-program almost any part of the Mac 
: finder.  You just have to trap the system calls instead of being able to 
: completely replace the original code.

: : Now if only we could get them to port it to the DEC 275Mhz machine, then we'd 
: : have the fastest mac on earth!

:     Not likely.  I have a hard time believing the emulation hit is small 
: enough to let the Alpha come close to native performance of the PowerPC 
: 604 Macs.

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:    "Saying Windows 95 is equal to Macintosh is like finding
: a potato that looks like Jesus and believing you've witnessed
: the second coming."  - Guy Kawasaki

well it should not be illegal if you do a clean room emulation of a 
apple. like pheonix did when they created the first compatible bios for 
IBM PC's