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From: Lee_Robert_Willis@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Is AMAX doomed?
Message-ID: <34522@cup.portal.com>
Date: 4 Oct 90 04:38:41 GMT
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>>From Robert X. Cringely's "Notes from the Field" column in InfoWorld:
>
>>...
>>  As of September 15, Apple stopped selling Mac ROMs to anyone, unless they
>>are in exchange for a "broken" set.  Previously, Apple dealers and service
>>centers could buy as many ROMs as they liked at $120 per set, but too many
>>were ending up in Outbounds and in Mac emulators for other computers."
>
>>Buy 'em now, buckos.
>
>The rationale for this really escapes me.  It sounds like they are making
>them unavailable at _any_ price.  This is particularly foolish since Mac
>ROM images have been available on disk for some time.
  ...(other stuff deleted.)

HEY!  If Mac ROM images are available, then why do we have to buy Mac ROMs
for AMAX?  Why not use RAM and load the images from disk (a la KickStart)?

        Lee
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