Path: utzoo!yunexus!ists!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uunet!intercon!amanda@mermaid.intercon.com From: amanda@mermaid.intercon.com (Amanda Walker) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer Subject: Re: Tail patches Message-ID: <1559@intercon.com> Date: 18 Nov 89 17:04:36 GMT Article-I.D.: intercon.1559 References: <5212@internal.Apple.COM> <32982@mirror.UUCP> <9010@hoptoad.uucp> Sender: news@intercon.com Reply-To: amanda@mermaid.intercon.com (Amanda Walker) Organization: InterCon Systems Corporation Lines: 18 In article <9010@hoptoad.uucp>, tim@hoptoad.uucp (Tim Maroney) writes: > It would also be nice if Apple would make new ROMs widely available. > That would be a complete solution to the problem. ROMs are easier > to change than SIMMs, after all. I only sort of agree. For example, I'd rather not get a new set of ROMs with every system release, and I'd especially rather not pay for a set each time. Some things, like the IIci ROMs, or other major upgrades, sure. But not for things like minor patches to the Sound Manager or TextEdit. This would also make it much harder to walk into your local Apple dealership and update your version of the System... On the other hand, I've always thought that using EEPROMs instead of ROMs would be a nifty idea, as long as there was a physical switch of some sort to allow writing to them. Amanda Walker --