Xref: utzoo comp.sys.mac.hardware:7943 comp.sys.mac.system:2888 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!rpi!uupsi!pyro!bell From: bell@pyro.ei.dupont.com (Mike Bell) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: IIcx ROM Question Message-ID: <1991Jan17.180702.9923@pyro.ei.dupont.com> Date: 17 Jan 91 18:07:02 GMT References: <11707@goofy.Apple.COM> <1991Jan15.133603.9346@cbnews.att.com> <13076@spt.entity.com> Organization: DuPont Electronic Imaging Lines: 62 In article <13076@spt.entity.com> mdc@spt.UUCP (Marty Connor) writes: >I have received mail from a number of people including Apple employees >about the IIcx ROM question. > >The general concensus is: > > - A ROM swap will be needed and is the cleanest way to make 32 bit > mode possible for Mac IIcx owners. > >This raises other harder questions: > > - How many people need this capability? > > - Is it worth Apple's while to do it? > > - Could existing ROMs (i.e. IIci) be used, perhaps in conjuction > with an INIT that fixed dependencies? > >Thanks for your help. > >Marty > >-- >Marty Connor, Marty's Computer Workshop, Home of the Wrist Pad[tm] Plus! >126 Inman Street, Cambridge, MA 02139 >Voice: (617) 491-6935, Fax: (617) 491-7046 >Net: mdc@entity.com, or ...{harvard|uunet}!mit-eddie!spt!mdc LAst year at the developers conference, someone from Apple mentioned that a IIcx could run just fine with IIci roms. I have not tried this yet, but does raise a problem of how to get the IIci roms anyhow....... Mike -- ******************************************************************************** Mike Bell Internet: bell@opus.wizards.dupont.com Senior Engineer CSNet: BELLMA%ESVAX@dupont.com DuPont CR&D Applelink: D2747 Advanced Computer Technology Group MacBLITZ..... When you feel the need for speed.......... ******************************************************************************** --