Subject: Re: Classic Hardware Documentation Project
Date:Thu, 18 Nov 1999 18:11:09 -0500
From: "Jason McBrien" <jbmcb(a)hotmail.com>
Maybe not public domain, but I don't think, for example, Commodore (or
whoever owns them now) would mind posting the schematics for the C64, or if
someone were to scan in the owners manual for a TI/99, or a VAX 11/750
technical manual. Otherwise, if a company goes belly-up, who owns the
copyright then? The disclaimer I'm looking to write acknologes all
copyrights, and would allow the holders to request that I take them down, as
long as they can proove that the copyright is still valid and that they own
it.
Between Project 64 and the Funet.Fi Commodore archive I think the 64 is
probably one of the best documented 8-bits on the net (and some of the other
Commodore 8-bit models as well). I think there have been some issues with the
games (like Hasbro who has been re-vamping old Atari titles and threatining
some of the games sites), but not much mention from the original Commodore
hardware community. :/
Ref:
http://project64.c64.org/
http://www.funet.fi/pub/cbm/
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