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With regards to the copy protection aspect, it was a pretty common practice back in the day (perhaps even still is). In the Macintosh Classic's ROM, there were
by jamescun 11y ago
With regards to the copy protection aspect, it was a pretty common practice back in the day (perhaps even still is).
In the Macintosh Classic's ROM, there were debug sequences that not only would display pictures of the development team, but write the text "STOLEN FROM APPLE COMPUTER" to the screen. http://appletothecore.me/files/mac_se_easter_egg.php http://appletothecore.me/files/mac_se_easter_egg.php
- Tloewald 11y agoThat's in part because Apple was the canonical case of a company whose ROMS were stolen by cloners.