Posted by Agent Davis on 22, 2000 at 8:45 AM:
In Reply to: Curiosity question (may be off topic)? posted by PacFan on 22, 2000 at 8:33 AM:
Hahaha. I like that one. You know, its a very good question indeed. On one hand I wanna say yes, but on another you must consider the following:
Even if emultion were 100% accurate, nothing is as perfect as the real thing. I realize that a rom is the same as the data on a pcb but the fact remains that it is running through an emulator and different hardware than originally intended so it will not be 100% accurate if you know what I mean. Nothing is as perfect as the actual thing, but then again a rom is the actual thing, just on different hardware. Whether this has anything to do with legality I do not know. If an owner did such a thing maybe he would be required to post note of it in a viewable area, I don't know.
Secondly, you'd never see this. What would be the point? Considering a pcb that mame could run pretty much costs $300 at most (maybe not even that much), it would cost at least that much to put a computer in to run the thing, so why not just buy a new board? Unless, the board had become extinct but I don't thing there are any extinct boards that mame supports.