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]thats a good idea, but you stole it.
]from me actually.

> Well, I didn't "Steal" it from anyone.  I approached the problem from
> a logical standpoint like all of my other devices I design/manufacture.
> Ask in the IRC channel #RGVC about my Portendo development.  Not only
> that, but I've never even heard of anyone else making a portable NES
> until I made mine. (Save of course Innovation)


]I invented the portable NES about 3 years ago, and have sold quite
]a few.  They are made basically the same way, but not with a nomad, with
]a gamegear.

> Well, you didn't "invent" it.  Hate to say it, but Innovation had a
> portable NES several years before you "invented" yours.  Theirs was called
> the "Top Guy".

]I must insist that you sease all actions until you can find out what
]your getting into...

> Until you can use better grammar and spelling, and prove that you somehow
> have "rights" to a portable NES you can politely "Buggar Off".

]I dont like to be stolen from.
]I dont care if you made it up in your head even, I have already made and
]sold the same product. you just commercialized it even further. my
]system just isn't that widely available.
]                        -Paul   
]                                shelbaok@ionet.net

> Well I wanted to make a portable NES that everyone could buy and use.  And
> I have done just that.  Unless you can prove that you somehow have
> inalienable rights to it you have no recourse and should politely cease
> *your* actions.
> 
> BTW, the Nomad's LCD looks about 20 times better than the Game Gear's LCD
> and I don't see how you could make a viable NES work in a Game Gear case.

**he replies, quoting both his original message *and* my message in full**

]Actually, It works fine. And- if you are planning on future projects for
]other systems, I hold a self copyright on ANY such device for n64, which
]I already make and distribute. I guess there's no way to stop you from
]doing your nes project (which I had no intention of stopping you, just
]not letting you claim it to be a "new invention" like tsr said.

**I reply, to the above stuff**

> I'd love to see pictures of this thing. (both the portable NES and the
> portable N64)  As they say, proof's in the pudding.  Oh my next project
> is a portable SNES, and maybe even N64 after that.  And as long as you
> provide no proof of either existing I'll continue to call mine the
> original.

**he replies to the above, once again quoting everything**

]I may have no legal ground to stand on for the nes, but if you touch the
]N64 I will take legal action.

**I reply to him, laughing him off**

> Bwahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!  This is very funny indeed.  You cannot copyright
> an idea.  You cannot patent an idea.  You *can* copyright artwork used in
> say, a portable N64 but you cannot copyright the idea.  You cannot patent
> an idea, but you can patent the execution of an idea.
> 
> Well, that settles it.  Next project is an N64 that fits inside a nomad case.
> Thanks for deciding which project I should work on.


]well, i dont care if you do that, i make a back loading attackment that
]has a screen and 8-AA battery power supply built in. if you want to do a
]nomad conversion, i couldn't care less. i mean as far as add-ons

**I reply, obviously trolling**

>Ohh, one of those.  Well, I should do one of those too.  Sounds like a 
>good idea to me.  I can make a bunch of those and make lots of cash on them.

**He never replies again, so I send one final e-mail**

Well, thanks for the e-mails. I've not got another entry for my crank e-mail 
page.  This will do nicely.  I'll hand it to TSR so he can place it up on 
his e-mail page also.

**Well, my friend couldn't leave well enough alone.  He had to e-mail
this guy about his "products"!**

}Hi,

}I heard through a friend that you have information on a portable Nintendo,
}made from a Game Gear.  Can you tell me how I can buy one?

}Thanks,
}Rob

**he replies**

>yes, but I am currently having legal trouble from khorton@iquest.net
>who has stolen ALL of my patented inventions and is now producing them
>at high profit.  Until the legal matters are cleared up (until he pays
>up) im sorry, but ill have to hold off making new ones.
>you can make one as good as anyone by just plugging in the rf switch 
>to a gamegear and a tv tuner, it just will require more batteries

>               sorry,
>                       -eek

**Rob asks more questions**

}I'm not sure if I understand this fully.  Is there some reason from a
}legal standpoint that stops you from making new units while you are suing
}that guy?  Wouldn't it be in your best interests to keep making and
}selling them to pay court costs, etc?   If it's a case of him infringing
}on your patent then it's a fairly simple case to prove by the date you
}registered the design at the patent office.  If he's bought one of your
}units and then copied your design then you might have something against
}him.

>      you can make one as good as anyone by just plugging in the rf switch to
>a gamegear and a tv tuner, it just will require more batteries


}Doesn't that defeat the purpose of a "portable" system?  You still have to
}lug around a full sized NES, and plug it in too.

}Regards,
}Rob S.

**he replies again**

>well, thats what my system was, just all in a fitted box that attackes
>to the back of the nes


**end of conversation #1**

**Meanwhile, |TSR, who originally put up the page about my portendo gets
the following e-mail**

> To: tsr
> Subject: kevin horton's STOLEN projects
> Date: Friday, August 21, 1998 9:11 PM

> just to clear things up-- khorton@iquest.net
> has made a new invention w/ his nomad version of the protable nes,
> but I created the first portable nes (using a gamegear).
> I have also made a similar N64 adapter, his thoughts are
> 
> "Ohh, one of those.  Well, I should do one of those too.  Sounds like a 
> good idea to me.  I can make a bunch of those and make lots of cash on
> them."
> 
> My thoughts are if he even trys, ill sue. I have rights to that product,
> and If he makes a clone, ill take him down. he claims he'll tell the
> whole NES community that I stole HIS ideas, and that he's gonna try to
> post me as a thief everywhere, but the idea was MINE! and the prduct was
> MINE! and I know you'll probably be one of the first to hear his trash,
> and I wanted you to know the truth first.
> 
>               Eek


**fin**