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From: wnn@ornl.gov (Wolfgang N. Naegeli)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: ROM Disk and other machines?
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Date: 9 Nov 90 03:24:05 GMT
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In article <11074.2736d042@amherst.bitnet> ksbolduan@amherst.bitnet writes:
> Is this ROM disk just in the Classic or in all the machines with the 
512k ROMs?

I have only seen it on the Classic, however an Apple insider has hinted 
that it is just better hidden in the LC and the IIsi.
It's purpose is simply to boot the machine for use as a diskless 
workstation, then switch to a System (7.0 or higher) on an AppleShare 
server.  AppleShare 3.0 (or whatever it's going to be called) is supposed 
to provide good support for that.  The local diskette drive, if present, 
will be available for data files, without a need for disk swapping, and 
you can have dozens of fonts available, as many as are installed on the 
server.
I think this really is an excellent idea for teaching labs, etc. This will 
make it much easier to guarantee that all Macs use the same configuration. 
I hope there will be a mechanism that a network administrator can 
optionally set to prevent any applications to be run from or copied to or 
from a local diskette. This would help prevent the spreading of viruses 
and with enforcement of copyright laws.

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