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From: lvirden@pro-tcc.cts.com (Larry Virden)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: GS Rom addressing
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Date: 25 Oct 89 15:22:57 GMT
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Now that Rom 00 and 01 (where did ROM 02 go?) owners no longer are in line
for rom upgrades - (or is that a misstatement Apple DTS folks?  I am 
assuming that because ROM 03 systems dont provide upgrade provisions that
further revisions will likewise be out - thats how things have worked in
the past for Apple II, II+, etc)  is there a way that we could make use
of that 8 meg of addressing space that was reserved for ROMs?  Is there
a way to put the ram tools into user provided ROM and plug them into the
motherboard?  I assume that Apple wont be doing this - I only know of two
products which were primarily rom products - the Applesoft and Integer Basic
firmware cards.  So perhaps someone could design a board or device which
allows a GS owner to electronically burn his/her own roms and then either
plug them into the motherboard, or perhaps have the ROMs on a card and
just plug the card in.  Each user would be required to do this his/her own
self (to prevent folks from having rights to sell Apple rom code) but
would perhaps free up memory or at least speed things up a tad?
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