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From: jmunkki@hila.hut.fi (Juri Munkki)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: Another reason for NEEDING 32bit ROMs....
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Date: 27 Apr 91 15:13:33 GMT
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In article <0B010004.a2asoc@outpost.UUCP> peirce@outpost.UUCP writes:
>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.

I can just imagine a phone conversation with a tester:

	Tester: Hi, your program just crashed.
	Developer: Ok, did you have your machine in 32 bit mode?
	T: Sure, that's what I always do.
	D: When does it crash?
	T: When I run the program?
	D: Can you reliably repeat the problem?
	T: No, I don't think so...
	D: Does it drop you into the debugger when it crashes?
	T: Debugger? Oh, you mean that dialog thing with the > prompt?
	D: Well, sort of, but don't you have TMON Pro or Macsbug?
	T: ????

I feel that Apple would benefit from a more unified ROM approach.
Users with the unified ROMs would have a computer that works better
and leaves more RAM for programs, because there aren't any patches
for the palette manager and such things.

I'm considering an upgrade from my Mac II to a IIfx, but at the
moment, I have more sensible ways to spend my money. A Mac II is
quite sufficient for my development needs.

I guess I'm lucky, since I work part time at the university Mac
support. I have a IIsi on my desk there and an fx is always available
for testing.

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