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From: cs421317@umbc5.umbc.edu (cs421317)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Connectix MODE32
Summary: What they said
Keywords: 32 Bits ROMs 'Dirty' More Stuff
Message-ID: <1991May21.215839.20198@umbc3.umbc.edu>
Date: 21 May 91 21:58:39 GMT
References: <1991May20.155122.4428@agate.berkeley.edu> <1991May21.032658.5617@umbc3.umbc.edu> <33042@usc>
Sender: cs421317@umbc5.umbc.edu (Gary Goldberg)
Organization: University of Maryland Baltimore County
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I spoke to a techrep at Connectix today (05/21). He said that MODE32 is
designed to be a 'drop in the System Folder' fix for dirty ROMs and that it
will allow full 32 bit addressing and everything else we have wanted from
Apple. He said that the product, due to be shipped on May 30th, is supposed
to make the SE/30, IIcx, IIx and II fully 32 bit clean. He also said that
MacWarehouse is taking orders now for $99.

It'd be nice if we had a hardware solution, but at least this may be a 
solution. I still agree with every argument that has gone down the pike about
this problem, but this may be the best we get. Will this always work? Who
knows? Is it a slower solution? Maybe. Why should we pay for this fix? I
wish we didn't have to, but it seems to me there have been lots of inits
that were designed to fix problems, like HeapTool. Just now they're making us
pay to fix them.

(heavy sigh of frustration)

- Gary Goldberg
Census Bureau/DIR/SIRS
AOL:OgGreeb
cs421317@umbc5.umbc.edu - but not for long :(