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From: peirce@outpost.UUCP (Michael Peirce)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: Another reason for NEEDING 32bit ROMs....
Message-ID: <0B010004.a2asoc@outpost.UUCP>
Date: 26 Apr 91 16:26:36 GMT
Reply-To: peirce@outpost.UUCP
Organization: Peirce Software
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In article <232@hermix.UUCP>, lance@hermix.UUCP (Lance Ellinghouse) writes:
> 
> There is an even LARGER need for us DEVELOPERS to be able to 
> upgrade to 32Bit ROMs and here it is:
> 
> 	WE CANNOT STATE OUR PRODUCTS ARE 32BIT CLEAN UNLESS WE TRY THEM!!!!
> 
> 
> Now: APPLE: You are telling us developers to test to make sure
> our products are 32bit clean... BUT! Unless we upgrade to another
> computer (we have a IIx here and are not about to upgrade yet), WE CANNOT
> TEST OUR PRODUCT AND DEBUG IT IN 32BIT MODE! 
> 
> *** WHAT ARE WE SUSPOSED TO DO??????? ***

Any responsible developer gets their product tested on all the current
Mac line before it ships.  This doesn't mean that you have to buy
every kind of Mac, though that works well!  It means that you have
to have a number of test sites that cover this.  You can do the same 
thing with 32-bit clean testing too if you have to.

-- michael

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