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From: wnn@ornl.gov (Wolfgang N. Naegeli)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: SE/30 -> 32 bit clean ROMS?
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Date: 18 Oct 90 17:51:18 GMT
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In article <10744@goofy.Apple.COM> rubin@Apple.COM (Owen R. Rubin) writes:
> As I read these comments I often wonder if you people also complain to 
> BMW and Chevrolet and Ford (etc) about upgrades to your cars?

I bought a Volvo 245 in 1978.  In 1985 I moved to the South. I upgraded to 
the more expensive model by having my Volvo dealer install an air conditioner.

Last year my 3-speed fan burned out.  I upgraded to the newer model of the 
fan that has greater throughput and 4 speeds.

I also had the old voltage regulator replaced with the newer solid-state 
model when I needed more power to charge a trailer battery.  It wasn't 
broken, but I needed better performance.

My 512ke ROMs are not broken, but they limit me to 4 MB of RAM. I am 
tempted to get a Gemini II accelerator but such an investment would make 
much more sense if I could use 4MB SIMMS for a total of 16 MB. 

Apple has been pushing developers very very hard to make their software 
32-bit clean.
Why shouldn't we expect Apple to clean up their old ROMs ???

Wolfgang N. Naegeli
President, MacClique--East Tennessee Macintosh Users Group
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