[Coco] MAME

[Sean]

Everyone should just try tweeting to Bill Gates about the ROMs.  Maybe
he'll reply.  :)

On Wed, Jun 7, 2017 at 11:00 PM, Dave Philipsen <dave at davebiz.com> wrote:

> My only question on this would be: do any of these companies mentioned
> below even have the authority to 'release' the ROMs.  My guess is: probably
> not.  When you turn on the CoCo it says that the copyrights belong to
> Microware and Microsoft.  Tandy merely licensed the ROMs.  I would think
> that both of them (Microware/Microsoft) would have to be contacted for a
> 'release'.
>
> Dave
>
>
>
> On 6/7/2017 8:40 PM, Barry Nelson wrote:
>
>> AST bought out Radio Shack's computer division in 1993.
>> AST was bought by Samsung in 1996.
>> The founder of Packard Bell bought AST's name and intellectual property,
>> forming "AST Computers LLC" in 1999.
>> The rights to all software that Tandy developed between 1977 and July 1,
>> 1993 were sold to AST Research, which was later bought by Samsung, and AST
>> was spun back out as a new company owned by "AST Computers LLC”.
>> Tandy retained the rights to produce replacement media for support, but
>> did not retain copyright.
>> Beny Alagem <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beny_Alagem> owns AST
>> Computers LLC and resides in Bel Air, Los Angeles, California. I have been
>> attempting to get in contact with him to see if I can get him to release
>> the ROMs for distribution to hobbyists.
>>
>>
>>
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