2 Sep
1998
2 Sep
'98
1:05 a.m.
> I think this is a formidable example for all our
old (pre 1980)
> toys - Almost all of the small (and even some of the big)
> manufactiurers/designers have vanished. So who owns the design,
> the ROM code, the spechial chip designs, the manuals and any
> other soft ?
Us.
*g*
Toys R Us !
(Caveat: until someone comes forward to claim
legitimate ownership.)
Jup, but acording to your ridiculous justice this means
bancrupcy for the next 3 generation to anyon of 'Us'.
Still searching
H.
--
Ich denke, also bin ich, also gut
HRK
2 Sep
2 Sep
5:07 a.m.
On Wed, 2 Sep 1998, Hans Franke wrote:
Not necessarily. I think some of this old technology could arguably be
considered in the public domain, with companies having folded, owners
having died, etc. Case in point: the IMSAI 8080. I think whatever
vestiges of ownership of the IMSAI 8080 have been lost to time after the
transformation into ComputerLand, the subsequent bankruptcy and then the
re-birth of ComputerLand as Vanguard. This is what I gather after having
read the book _Once Upon a Time in Computerland_.
Also, who owns the rights to the Altair 8800 now? Percom? ICOM? Ed
Roberts? WHat happened after all the buyouts and bakruptcies?
Sam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
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(Caveat: until
someone comes forward to claim legitimate ownership.)
Jup, but acording to your ridiculous justice this means
bancrupcy for the next 3 generation to anyon of 'Us'.
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