Re: New Argument about COPYING (WAS CLOSING ARGUEEMENT ON ->SimCoupe & protected disks & Copyright )

1999-04-22 Thread The President
>> Noone does do they , I know of people who have a COPY of white lable £4.99 >> games , and they would proberly get COPYS of anything regardless of how much >> it cost. They have no technical knowledge and would be able to do this is >> someone else did not disable the protection. >And this has

RE: Win32 SimCoupe (was: Z80 flags for INI(R) and OTI(R)? #2 (oops!))

1999-04-22 Thread Si Owen
Aley Keprt wrote: > I can't imagine the situation, where unions are inefficient. > Go and try it and you will see. > The Z80 emulator I use in my programs use unions and it looks very > efficient. I've done it already and it didn't actually seem to make much difference to the performance from my t

RE: Win32 SimCoupe

1999-04-22 Thread Si Owen
Aley Keprt wrote: > I can't imagine what algos can be better than reading a one single value > from a table. Especially in this case, when every table has 256 bytes, and > there are some 4 or 8 tables in the Z80 emualtor. Is this too much for > Celeron's cache? I don't think so. Probably not from

Re: New Argument about COPYING (WAS CLOSING ARGUEEMENT ON ->SimCoupe & protected disks & Copyright )

1999-04-22 Thread Paul Walker
> Noone does do they , I know of people who have a COPY of white lable £4.99 > games , and they would proberly get COPYS of anything regardless of how much > it cost. They have no technical knowledge and would be able to do this is > someone else did not disable the protection. And this has exactl

Re: CLOSING ARGUEEMENT ON -> SimCoupe & protected disks & Copyright

1999-04-22 Thread Paul Walker
> I meant If the station wasn't protected then US versions could be used > legally in this country this may create competition as importers could > import larger quantities as the demand would be greater bringing the cost > down. Why do you think it's protected? They want to screw people for ever

Re: Win32 SimCoupe

1999-04-22 Thread Aley Keprt
> Don't forget -- the cache comes into play here a lot, so tables aren't > necessarily as efficient as you might think. PROFILE YOUR RESULTS!!! > > Simon (NSFMSFT) I can't imagine what algos can be better than reading a one single value from a table. Especially in this case, when every table has 2

Re: Win32 SimCoupe (was: Z80 flags for INI(R) and OTI(R)? #2 (oops!))

1999-04-22 Thread Aley Keprt
> On Tue, 13 Apr 1999, Si Owen wrote: > > > It'd probably work if done as a C union, but I wasn't sure how efficient > > that'd compile up to be compared to the simple variable version. I might > > give it a try with HL to see what different it makes. > > > > Si > > I was under the (probably ill-in

Re: CLOSING ARGUEEMENT ON -> SimCoupe & protected disks & Copyright

1999-04-22 Thread Aley Keprt
> Richard Jowett wrote: > > > > According to a TV program It is illegal to chip and maybe even to own a > > chipped PSX (not sure if they said own). Yet loads of shops/people are > > offering this service, but nothing is really being done about them. If a > > company as big as Sony cannot stop this

Re: CLOSING ARGUEEMENT ON -> SimCoupe & protected disks & Copyright

1999-04-22 Thread Aley Keprt
> The thing is, if these chips are illegal, then most of the PSX owning > populace of the North West of England are criminals. Dunno about other > places. > > Dave > (1) Well, not literally. Just a handy excuse for a footnote. I'm sure, not only NW-England.

Re: CLOSING ARGUEEMENT ON -> SimCoupe & protected disks & Copyright

1999-04-22 Thread The President
> I meant If the station wasn't protected then US versions could be used > legally in this country this may create competition as importers could > import larger quantities as the demand would be greater bringing the cost > down. > This is the biggest reason for a 'CHIP' , wothout the region loco

Re: CLOSING ARGUEEMENT ON -> SimCoupe & protected disks & Copyright

1999-04-22 Thread The President
- Original Message - From: Richard Jowett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: 22 April 1999 02:03 Subject: Re: CLOSING ARGUEEMENT ON -> SimCoupe & protected disks & Copyright > I don't think it's illegal to produce the bit of circuitry but it is to fit > it to a playstation. > > Richard. It'

Re: New Argument about COPYING (WAS CLOSING ARGUEEMENT ON ->SimCoupe & protected disks & Copyright )

1999-04-22 Thread The President
> So if your copy of program X gets destroyed by your kid or for any other > reason that is YOUR fault then they will not replace it. But as the wording > is "in case of a disaster", and the above is a disaster I am allowed to > make a BACKUP of all software if the publisher will not replace the

Re: CLOSING ARGUEEMENT ON -> SimCoupe & protected disks & Copyright

1999-04-22 Thread Richard Jowett
-Original Message- From: Chris White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Date: 19 April 1999 9:56 Subject: Re: CLOSING ARGUEEMENT ON -> SimCoupe & protected disks & Copyright > > >>Maybe it is more sinister. The protection seemed to mainly be directed to >>stopping illegal imp

Re: CLOSING ARGUEEMENT ON -> SimCoupe & protected disks & Copyright

1999-04-22 Thread Richard Jowett
I don't think it's illegal to produce the bit of circuitry but it is to fit it to a playstation. Richard. -Original Message- From: Martin Fitzpatrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Date: 19 April 1999 9:54 Subject: Re: CLOSING ARGUEEMENT ON -> SimCoupe & protected disks &

Re: New Argument about COPYING (WAS CLOSING ARGUEEMENT ON ->SimCoupe & protected disks & Copyright )

1999-04-22 Thread Richard Jowett
-Original Message- From: The President <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Date: 20 April 1999 7:09 Subject: Re: New Argument about COPYING (WAS CLOSING ARGUEEMENT ON ->SimCoupe & protected disks & Copyright ) >Okay done some digging and ask LOADS of question to allsort's of pe

Re: Putting the whole boring argumet simply

1999-04-22 Thread Richard Jowett
If the only Sams being used are virtual then probably less software will be produced. Why write software for a virtual Sam as hardly anyone will use it or need to use it as anything the VR Sam can do the machine they are running it on can do and faster. Without a real Sam the Sam community will die

Re: CLOSING ARGUEEMENT ON -> SimCoupe & protected disks & C

1999-04-22 Thread David Ledbury
Simple! You point them in the direction of Persona - who as Chris has publicised earlier - has Chris's exclusive permission to sell Lemmings & Prince Of Persia. David. -Original Message- From: Psycho Billy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Date: 21 April 1999 12:57 Subject:

Re: New Argument about COPYING (WAS CLOSING ARGUEEMENT ON

1999-04-22 Thread David Ledbury
And at least it's on topic for the SAM which is more than most people are talking about on this list! -Original Message- From: Psycho Billy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Date: 21 April 1999 12:57 Subject: Re: New Argument about COPYING (WAS CLOSING ARGUEEMENT ON >Th