At 04:05 PM 12/5/02 +0000, you wrote: >What is Apple's position on there previous OS releases. Do they enforce thier >copyright? Or what?
Like a ton of bricks. Apples view is that we are all miscreants lost from the fold and if only sufficient resources were denied us, we would happily fork over a couple grand and buy new Apple systems. Remember Apple sent out cease and decist orders to all the sites with Apple service and other manuals, then pulled the info off all the Apple sites. The support that exists at apple for older systems is only there because of a court order, and Starmax isn't included. That said, an original Starmax CD is kind of in the middle. They are kind of rare, and also factually not very usefull unless you want to run system 7.5 something. If you still had an active Motorola warranty, they would have some value in that Motorola might insist on only supporting issues related to the OS it shipped with. Likewise formatting a drive and reinstalling the original software should show the bottom line on any problems, ie are they hardware or software related. Personally I was very pleased when I found an original Starmax OS CD, and paid a fair price for it after casually looking for a couple years. At that time I posed the question to the list, asking if offering copies for some nominial cost of duplication and shipping was a good idea, and the pretty firm answer was no, but could you send me one free. Sorry, but that is unethical, however I may still have some legal Power Computing OS 7.6 CD for sale that even include a software bundle and work nicely, for that OS, on the Starmax since they include FWB toolworks for CD. -- StarMax is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> StarMax list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/starmax.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/starmax%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
