In fact, people /were/ copying Mac ROMs so they could run them on the Atari ST, using David Small's "Magic Sac" cartridge and emulation software.
Not really all that paranoid. Not a large investment for a possible huge payoff later. Also, this was the kind of thing that Capps loved to do; probably took him an hour or two one evening.
The Magic Sac wasn't supposed to run with EEPROMs -- in theory you had to obtain a real Mac ROM from somewhere -- but all you really had to do was clip a pin on a 27256 and the 'Sac wouldn't know the difference.
Not really all that paranoid. Not a large investment for a possible huge payoff later. Also, this was the kind of thing that Capps loved to do; probably took him an hour or two one evening.
The Magic Sac wasn't supposed to run with EEPROMs -- in theory you had to obtain a real Mac ROM from somewhere -- but all you really had to do was clip a pin on a 27256 and the 'Sac wouldn't know the difference.