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From: jess@gn.ecn.purdue.edu (Jess M Holle)
Subject: Re: Price cuts on motherboard upgrades ???
Message-ID: <1991May19.172256.721@gn.ecn.purdue.edu>
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
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Date: Sun, 19 May 91 17:22:56 GMT

In article <1991May19.033448.23080@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> nkb@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Norman K Bucknor) writes:
>I sympathize with those wanting 32-bit clean ROM upgrades but I wonder
>about this "Apple promised us" stuff. Does it say anywhere in the documentation
>that Apple *will* provide a ROM upgrade path ? Or does it simply say that
>there is a *possibility* of an upgrade. Makes a big difference as to Apple's
>legal obligations. I don't have a Mac with a ROM slot, so I don't know
>what those manuals say but I don't think I've seen in any review or ad that
>Apple guarantees replacement of the current ROMs with the latest
> and greatest chipset. And before you flame me for picking nits, I would really
>like to know if such a guarantee exists.
>
>Norman

Apple stated in the advertisements and the manuals that these machines were
capable of utilizing 128Mb of RAM. This would imply 32-bit clean.

Jess Holle