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Apple yanks Commodore 64 emulator for BASIC interpreter easter egg
One of the hold ups that led to their initial rejection back in June was the presence of a BASIC interpreter. Rather than strip the code entirely, Manomio tucked it behind a Konami code of sorts. Once users began reporting their luck in re-enabling the interpreter, Apple unceremoniously booted the emulator out the back door.
According to Manomio, the code has now been totally removed and the application re-re-submitted to Apple for re-re-approval.
It seems like an odd point of contention. As PC Mag's Jamie Lendino puts it, "anyone who would try and crash the iPhone via programming the C-64 emulator in BASIC deserves a gold star more than anything else, but that's my opinion."
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Subscribe to commentsskalpaSep 8th 2009 3:55PM
Well, I guess Jamie Lendino has never plaid peek and poke.
(^_^)
TimothySep 8th 2009 4:46PM
I don't believe the stupidity of Apple.
ZumaquesSep 9th 2009 6:48AM
Well, now we only need to know how to connect the tape drive or the 5'1/4" floppy disk drive to load all that C-64 oldies.
:-D
Dave ForsterSep 9th 2009 7:42AM
Well... i was firmly in the Sinclair ZX Spectrum camp back in the day so I hope Apple tell them to stick the re-re-submission up their arse.
Oh how I loved the Speccy vs C64 wars.
http://www.worldofspectrum.org/
:-)
lassiSep 14th 2009 6:46AM
the point is that "you shall not code on iphone without apples permission", even if it is just a basic interpreter, even if the web browser is more powerful and programmable. it's a stupid rule, but very apple.