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From: cjeff@ghoti.lcs.mit.edu (Carl J.M. Alexander)
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Subject: Re: 32 bit addressing
Keywords: VM, 32bit, 7.0
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Date: 11 May 91 21:22:31 GMT
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rob@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu (Robert K Shull) posts:
>>Public question: Do you think $169 is a fair price for Connectix 
>>new "clean ROM" patch? Do you think it would be a fair price for 
>>an Apple ROM upgrade? Why or why not? 
 
$170 seems about right for the ROMs; maybe as much as $200.  That's enough 
over cost to allow Apple a hefty profit; cheap enough to not make people 
feel robbed or to generate a significant black market.  Connectix' patch 
has two marks against it in comparison to new ROMs:  (1) it's a third- 
party solution and (2) it's software for something that should be done 
in hardware.  I'd be reluctant to pay more than $100, maybe $125 for it.
 
--Carl Alexander 
News Editor, The Active Window 
cjeff@ghoti.lcs.mit.edu