Re: A86: Great... An 86 Emulator and no decent ROM dump program
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Re: A86: Great... An 86 Emulator and no decent ROM dump program
Actually, all you need is one program... Commit... I have had a terminal
session w/my old 14.4 modem... I didn't try Dumping the Rom w/the program
included, becuase I got my rom dump from someone else, so i odn't have to
hassel w/it.
-Ahmed
At 03:14 PM 12/21/97 +0000, you wrote:
>
>Well, a TI-86 emulator has been released and there's no decent program
>to dump the ROM...
>
>Except some damn annoying program that requires you to buy about $40-$50
>of hardware (graphlink, null modem cable, 9600 bps modem -- try finding
>one of those now, and a converter cable). Can someone please just make
>a ROM dump program similar to the one the 85 uses -- one that can dump
>via the link port? That would be a helluva lot easier to use since I'd
>wager most everyone in this list has one and could dump it easy.
>
>Now on the other hand, it WOULD be nice if someone could just post the
>goddamned ROM dump on this list instead of bitching and moaning about
>how illegal it is. Yeah, it's illegal assuming someone who doesn't
>already own the 86 uses it. But it's not like TI is going to be losing
>mounds of cash on people using emulators -- in fact it might encourage
>someone to go out and but an 86.
>
>This is just like when Nesticle (a nintendo emulator) hit it big.
>People were scared of distributing ROM dumps since they too are illegal
>if you don't already own the original cartridge. But the difference
>between these two is that there's a whole lot more people illegally
>getting NES ROM dumps than people illegally getting calculator ROM
>dumps. The difference with NES ROM dumps is that people basically
>realized that Nintendo is losing about $0 seeing as how the NES isn't
>even being sold anymore.
>
>The point is... if you've got the ROM dump, please, lighten up and just
>post it on this list or bit.listserv.calc-ti. It's a victimless crime,
>yet SOME people are acting like it's a felony to share the ROM dump with
>people who might have a little trouble getting it themselves.
>
>
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