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From: russotto@eng.umd.edu (Matthew T. Russotto)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: The future of the past mac
Keywords: obsolescence
Message-ID: <1990Nov28.045747.7629@eng.umd.edu>
Date: 28 Nov 90 04:57:47 GMT
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In article <1990Nov26.154537.177@slhisc.uucp> ken@slhisc.uucp (Ken Stamm) writes:
>Concerning ROM upgrades for older macs, specifically the mac II:
>
>Apple sells something called a FDHD ROM upgrade for the II, to enable the
>II to use superdrives (and combo FDHD + 800K (yes? no?))
>They also sell the superdrive to go along with this upgrade, separately.
>
>Question: Is this ROM upgrade for II owners good for anything other than
>FDHD use?  Are these new ROMs 32-bit clean?  Is this upgrade the holy grail
>for Mac II owners wanting new ROMs?

According to one of the tech notes, these are IIx ROMS ( I believe the
SWIM chip also comes with this upgrade).  Thus, they are not 32-bit
clean.


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