On Mon, 19 Apr 1999 22:28:35 +0100 Mon, 19 Apr 99 23:31:01 BST, Martin Fitzpatrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
<on with the PSX thread. Well, no one is complaining yet> >maybe its like some walkie-talkies(1), i.e., its not illegal to own >them, sell them, make them or whatever.... just use them.... is it >actually illegal to do it? i mean what law are you breaking by simply >producing a bit of circuitry?.... using it would be illegal though, cos >then the purpose for which the thing was build is pretty explicit... >maybe > >martin fitzpatrick The SAM was built on the success of a wonderful backup (read pirate) device called the Plus D (based on the earlier DisCiple - did I get the funky spelling/case right Bob?). Because the speccy was near the end of its life as a money making games platform (due to the Amigas and Ataris, and because unc Clive sold out) nobody really cared. MGT used to advocate backing up tapes to disk (or disc - for Bob) and certain publications would give out information on how to hack awkward programs so that they would work from disk. But there appears to be an unforgivable difference in us wanting to run floppy software from a hard drive. The Hypocrisy sometimes aired in this mailing list is killing me; but it's a fun way to die. :-) Dave
