Re: A86: Re: Great... An 86 Emulator and no decent ROM dump pro
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Re: A86: Re: Great... An 86 Emulator and no decent ROM dump program
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>> But as for ROM dumps hindering TI's ability to produce emulators...
I'd
>> have to say you're wrong there. If you ask me, distributing ROM
dumps
>> doesn't stop TI from charging money for an emulator, it's people
making
>> *FREE* emulators that hurt them. I mean, why buy an emulator when
you
>> can just get some free one?
>
>first of all emulators wont hurt their calculator sales. lets face it
>the primary reason most ppl buy calculators is for skewl and u rnt
gonna
>bring ur desktop or even laptop to class just to run an emulator of a
>calculator. second they arent very good at emulating programs anyway
>because a) the programs run way too fast on most computers and b) the
>control is bad for games . the only emulators worth making really are
>desktop computer emulators that run on the same input as the originals
>and maybe some halfway decent emulators that can use control pads
>
Well, that was sort of my point as to why the ROMs should be available.
But that also wasn't exactly what I was saying...
That guy was contending that distributing ROMs would hurt TI's ability
to make emulators that cost money, and I was asking why anyone would pay
for TI's emulators rather than just get a free one.
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