----- "Ean Schuessler" <[email protected]> wrote: > I know that some are fixated on the fact that firmware runs on "some > other CPU" but I don't buy that line of reasoning. If this firmware > business passes then I am going to start hunting down some MAME ROMs > that have lapsed into the public domain. Those ROMs, after all, are > firmware for video game machines and they run on a simulated CPU... > not the "host".
I've already found some public domain MAME ROMs! You developers in the former GDR may remember some of these games. Apparently they ran on a soviet clone of the Zilog Z80. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PolyPlay There is also a Bally Midway game that has been released into the public domain. http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?letter=R&game_id=9368 As soon as firmware is considered source, I can ITP these awesome games! -- Ean Schuessler, CTO Brainfood.com [email protected] - http://www.brainfood.com - 214-720-0700 x 315 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
