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representatives asserted that controls over the issuing of ROMs made their procurement for use in such products "impossible", Apple dealers in markets such as the UK, where the product was available as the McEmulator, indicated that the ROMs were "still available to anyone as part of the Apple parts catalogue".
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and marketed as the MacCartridge, but this attracted legal threats towards Data
Pacific as the manufacturer of the product. In supplying the product without the ROMs, Data Pacific effectively "transferred the problem of obtaining the Apple Macintosh ROMs" to the purchaser. Although Apple
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that plugs into the Atari ST's cartridge port and a cable that connects between the cartridge and one of the floppy ports on the ST. Designed by David Small and sold through his company
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The manual claims the speed to be 20% faster than an actual Mac Plus with a 30% larger screen area and resolution. Although
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