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I do hope Apple is in a good mood about this, because apple2+.rom.js loads an Apple ][ Applesoft ROM image, which is technically still copyrighted by Apple. As
by iSnow 14y ago
I do hope Apple is in a good mood about this, because apple2+.rom.js loads an Apple ][ Applesoft ROM image, which is technically still copyrighted by Apple.
As an old geezer who earned his programming wings on an Apple ][ coding 6502 machine language and later UCSD Pascal, I am absolutely delighted about this project. I had been toying with the same idea for some time but skipped it due to lack of time and the fear of Apples legal stormtroopers.
Now if only I find disk images of Bandits and Dogfight...
- olalonde 14y agoAs far as I know, Apple does release some of their older OSes as downloadable images from their website.
- iSnow 14y agoI know, but this is only some classic MacOS disk images - no ROM files either. I hope that after Job's demise, someone at Apple is sane enough to understand abandonware. But I am not counting on that.
- enf 14y agoIn all seriousness, I don't think Apple can free the Autostart ROM image unilaterally because Microsoft owns the copyright on Applesoft BASIC. It would be a great joint release if you could get them both to agree on it though!