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From: russotto@eng.umd.edu (Matthew T. Russotto)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: SE/30 -> 32 bit clean ROMS?
Message-ID: <1990Oct18.192526.3214@eng.umd.edu>
Date: 18 Oct 90 19:25:26 GMT
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In article <1356@radius.com> lemke@radius.com (Steve Lemke) writes:
>Well, actually, they _DID_ have the foresight to add the ROM SIMM socket,
>didn't they?  Every machine since the IIx has that (alas, my poor Mac II
>doesn't, but hey, they didn't think of it until the IIx).  The idea was
>(from what I recall) that they didn't yet have 32-bit clean ROMs (nor did
>they need them at the time) but they would some day, and that's why the
>ROM SIMM socket is there.  I think before it becomes necessary to have
>real 32-bit clean ROMs, you'll see a ROM SIMM available for those who
>"really need it"...  (at least this is my guess - it certainly isn't based
>on any secret information that anyone has shared with me).

Actually, if you look at old drafts of the Hardware Reference Manual, they
describe the ROM SIMM slot in the Mac II-- it just got eliminated.


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