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jamescun ◴[25 Jan 16 12:21 UTC] No.10966754[source]▶

With regards to the copy protection aspect, it was a pretty common practice back in the day (perhaps even still is).

In the Macintosh Classic's ROM, there were debug sequences that not only would display pictures of the development team, but write the text "STOLEN FROM APPLE COMPUTER" to the screen. http://appletothecore.me/files/mac_se_easter_egg.php

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1. Tloewald ◴[25 Jan 16 15:53 UTC] No.10967801[source]▶

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That's in part because Apple was the canonical case of a company whose ROMS were stolen by cloners.

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