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From: cs421317@umbc5.umbc.edu (cs421317)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: More ROMinations (Was Price cuts ...)
Summary: (Sigh) 32Bits None Here Thank You
Message-ID: <1991May20.025545.21967@umbc3.umbc.edu>
Date: 20 May 91 02:55:45 GMT
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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

I don't think the guarantee exists. I believe the promotional materials and
the MacUser review I read says that hardware options have been built on to
these machines to 'allow' the placement of new ROMs, should that be
necessary.

Any attorneys on Internet reading this? If I haven't been provided with all
the functionality I purchased, are my remedies limited to returning
products for a refund, or can the manufacturer be required to 'cough it up'?

Q: Can a CI ROM be plugged into a CX, or does it fry something? (Not that I
know where to get one, it's just an idea.)

People reading this (and my other messages) may think me rabid anti-Apple, 
but I remain the ardent Apple booster I've always been. I hope this issue
doesn't grow stale too soon; enough pressure and we may move the mountain.

I WANT 128 MEG OF RAM IN MY CX PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE ...

- Gary Goldberg
Census Bureau/DIR/SIRS
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