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From: lsr@Apple.COM (Larry Rosenstein)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: A1000 + LUCAS + FRANCES + Chassis + SCSI + HD + AMAX - experience
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Date: 30 Nov 89 03:35:47 GMT
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In article <8756@cbmvax.UUCP> daveh@cbmvax.UUCP (Dave Haynie) writes:

> Currently, of course, you have to use the 128K ROMs.  There's no
> obvious reason why the 256K ROMs couldn't be used with an enhanced
> AMAX.  

It depends on how much software AMAX needs to interface the ROMs.  The 
256K ROMs are totally different from the 128K ROMs.  (Actually, there are 
several different 256K ROMs.)

> There will be plenty of real Macs with '030s and 128K ROMs (like
> all those accelerated Mac SEs that go faster than Mac IIxs). 
> Apple could easily refuse to kick in the virtual memory aspects
> of their release 7.0 OS based on older ROMs if they wanted to.  

This has been an issue.  Until System 7 comes out it is hard to tell if 
accelerated Mac SEs will be able to use VM.  My guess is that they will, 
unless the 030 board maker really screws up.  (It would make no sense for 
Apple to screw its customers just to spite a few Amiga owners.)