Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!news From: Steven Osman Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.freetalk.english Subject: What about the NDA? Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 00:36:57 -0500 Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE) Lines: 36 Message-ID: <45jv50l6qmbac0j284vqvmdbgheq4cqr55@4ax.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: dsl093-172-136.pit1.dsl.speakeasy.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.91/32.564 Shawn raises an interesting point. But maybe more crucial than that -- what happens when this site goes down in terms of the NDA? Will we not have a place where we can discuss issues with others and grab that code warrior upgrade from just in case we lose ours in the future? Sauce On Fri, 12 Mar 2004 22:28:52 -0800, "Shawn" wrote: >Greetings, > >I was just thinking. The Playstation is a great platform. The first real >3D platform (that I'm aware of) and truly, a remarkable piece of equipment. >It is great that Sony decided to create the Yaroze program. But now they >aren't accepting new memberships and they aren't replacing damaged >equipment. Sooner or later, all the equipment that exists will be defective >and there won't be a community even for those who want to be nastalgic. For >example, there is a retro Atari scene (I know because I enjoy writing 6502 >assembly programs for old consoles and platforms) and there is the Apple >scene, Commadore, etc. > >What will happen when there is no more Yaroze equipment left or a >significant amount of them damaged that there really isn't a community >anymore. I can always go to Ebay and buy a Yaroze second-hand to replace my >defective parts but for how long? What happens if the few 10 people that >are still active on these newsgroups lose their equipment, will they still >participate? > >Does anyone know if there is a PS1 emulator capable of acting as a Yaroze? > > >Thanks >