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The xtrs package is in the "contrib" distribution of Debian because it
requires a ROM image from one of the original TRS-80 Model I, III, 4, or
4P computers to operate. Because of licensing restrictions on the ROM
images, they may not be distributed with the Debian package.
There is a freely-licensed boot ROM for Model 4P emulation provided with
xtrs; however, this boot image can only be used to boot an operating system
designed for the Model 4 (it is not sophisticated enough to load the BASIC
interpreter ROM for Model III compatiblity mode, provided on Model 4P
TRSDOS disks as a file called MODELA/III). There are no known free
operating systems for the TRS-80 Model 4P, and there may never be. Since
most users will likely be using this emulator to run proprietary legacy
applications for the TRS-80 computers, I do not regard this exception as
sufficient to recategorize xtrs for inclusion in main. If someone wants to
port Linux to the Z-80, though...
See /usr/doc/xtrs/README.Debian for more information.
Branden Robinson, 20 May 2000
$Id: README.contrib-only 6 2003-04-29 05:01:09Z branden $
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