Re: "Commodore" brand

From: groepaz_at_gmx.net
Date: Sat, 29 Feb 2020 18:26:57 +0100
Message-ID: <2487034.vuYhMxLoTh_at_rakete>
Am Samstag, 29. Februar 2020, 18:15:26 CET schrieb smf:
> On 24/02/2020 18:46, William Levak wrote:
> > The artwork that produced IC masks was always copyrightable.
>
> Not sure that is true, mask rights came quite recently.
>
> There were several patents MOS took out on the 6502, which Ricoh cut out
> of their rip off chip for Nintendo (which is why BCD mode doesn't work
> on a NES). There was nothing commodore could do about it, because there
> was no protection for the masks.

whats funny about that is... the whole BCD circuit is still there, they just
cut a line or two to disable it :)

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