Xref: utzoo comp.sys.mac.hardware:10952 comp.sys.mac.system:5005 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!isi.edu!venera.isi.edu!jas From: jas@ISI.EDU (Jeff Sullivan) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: Software patch for Dirty ROMs from Connectix? Message-ID: <17861@venera.isi.edu> Date: 7 May 91 17:35:31 GMT References: <1991May7.131921.7077@zardoz.eng.ohio-state.edu> Sender: news@isi.edu Organization: USC-ISI Lines: 42 In-reply-to: gaynor@agvax2.ag.ohio-state.edu's message of 7 May 91 13:19:21 GMT In article <1991May7.131921.7077@zardoz.eng.ohio-state.edu> gaynor@agvax2.ag.ohio-state.edu writes: >I called up Connectix yesterday about MODE32 and MC73. Seems they're >real products , and will do exactly what the press release >said (recap at the bottom of this post). The contact there was Roy >McDonald, who was a great person to speak to. They're planning on a >May 30th release date, Roy said, as they want two weeks to run it >through the wringer with the actual release version of System 7.0 >before unleashing it on the public. > One thing to note about their announcements (read this): >MODE32 is a utility for Mac II, IIx, IIcx, and SE/30 users who want >to use System 7 32-bit mode. It allows these systems to access 32-bit >mode through the standard System 7 memory control panel in the same >fashion as later ROM systems (IIci, IIsi, IIfx and LC). Without >MODE32, the controls for 32-bit mode do not appear on the panel and it >is not possible to use 32-bit mode. MODE32 is an INIT and cdev which >is transparent in normal operation. They don't ever claim that your system is 32-bit clean when using MODE32, just that you can get at the 32-bit controls with a 24-bit machine. So, you can "access 32-bit mode," but is it as stable as Apple's clean-ROM machines running 32-bit mode? I know Connectix has a good rep, but I am a little leery that they'll give me 32-bit clean ROMs when apple won't/can't. I guess time will tell. If it works, it's a pretty decent alternative to upgrading to a IIfx! :-) ;-( jas -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jeffrey A. Sullivan | Senior Systems Programmer jas@venera.isi.edu | Information Sciences Institute jas@isi.edu | University of Southern California