CP/M-80 emulator for 520ST!!!

[uh at unido.UUCP]

You are not the first, who wants clearification. I got in the last days
some mail and I think I must say something to this here in the net:

1. The CP/M-Z80-Emulator was originally copyrighted by SoftDesign in Munich.
2. The University of Dortmund got as offical developer the CP/M-80-Emulator
   like all German Atari dealers with a letter in which Atari Germany (in
   Raunheim at Frankfurt/Main, near the US-Airbase in Europe) told developers
   and dealers that this emulator can be distributed FREE (!!!!) to all ST
   end users. We also saw this copyright notice and in order to verify I called
   Dr. Riedl, the German Software Support Manager of Atari, and asked him,
   whether we can send the emulator via Usenet to USA. He answered me, that
   they have the distribution right for the emulator all over the world and
   that we can mail this piece of software. That's all.
3. I think Atari Germany has bought the copyrights and distribution rights
   from the Munich firm. Even I hope so. If not, I think, Atari would have
   got very much trouble in the meantime, because we received the emulator
   in December 85 (including the letter, that it can be distributed free).

I hope this will help. If not: Sorry, that's all I know.                   

     Uwe Hoch
     Computer Science Department, University of Dortmund
     4600 Dortmund 50, P.O. Box 500500, W.-Germany
     E-mail address: uh at unido.uucp, uh at unido.bitnet