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From: francis@giza.cis.ohio-state.edu (RD Francis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Mac Plus ROM Versions
Keywords: Macintosh Plus ROM
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Date: 27 Jul 90 18:56:29 GMT
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In article <1990Jul27.110052.15111@hellgate.utah.edu> eeide@cs.utah.edu (Eric Eide) writes:
>As I remember, Apple produced three versions of the Macintosh Plus ROM.  The
>first contained a bug that prevented the machine from booting if an external
>SCSI device was off.  I guess that other bugs were fixed, too.
>
>I'm thinking about buying an external hard disk for my old Mac Plus (with the
>first version of the ROMs), and I was wondering --
...
>  + What would be a reasonable price to pay?  A local dealer offered to swap
>    my ROMs for $70-$80 each -- this seems a bit high to me.  A few years ago
>    (I think) I heard that Apple offered this ROM update as an official "part."

I used to work for an Apple Value-Added-Reseller.  Our understanding
was that the ROM upgrades were free; as long as we traded the old ROMs
back in to Apple, it didn't cost us anything but labor.  I check with
other dealers, if they are available.  If not, I'd contact Apple and
explain the situation.  If the dealer's charge is labor only, it's
still damn steep, but not completely unreasonable -- at $70-80
dollars.  If they really meant they'd charge per ROM, I'd avoid them
like the plague, given a choice.

You know, it's truly amazing, the number of really cruddy Apple
dealerships around....  Is it just Apple dealers, or do all computer
dealers tend towards being slimy?
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R David Francis   francis@cis.ohio-state.edu