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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