On 07/06/2018 13:40, smf wrote: > On 06/06/2018 19:25, Mia Magnusson wrote: >> Maybe they made the C128 to start in C64 mode if EXROM/GAME are low to >> not upset cartridge vendors as starting it in C128 mode would make >> pirate copying the contents of simple cartridges trivial. > > I doubt it. I think someone wrote to Bil Herd complaining when the > plus 4 had a machine code monitor added and said something along the > lines of "you've made piracy really easy" & he claimed to write back > saying "thanks". > Yep, that was Gail Wellington, who was a senior manager at Commodore UK at the time.Received on 2018-06-07 23:00:05
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