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From: kurtzman@pollux.usc.edu (Stephen Kurtzman)
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Subject: Re: 32 bit roms
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Date: 25 May 91 20:07:01 GMT
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In article <675045984.0@macgate.saylor.mn>
Jim.Spencer@macgate.saylor.mn.org (Jim Spencer) writes:

>Look, don't get me wrong.  I truly hope that Apple makes 32 bit clean
>SIMMs available.  My objection is to the tone a lot of people are taking
>here that somehow they have been lied to by Apple.  Can you really say
>that you bought your cx having read the statement you quote and that
>you believed when you bought the machine, based on some objective
>statement by Apple that you saw before you bought the machine, that
>you would be able to run more than 16 megs under the Mac OS? If so
>then you have a legitimate beef but I suspect that most of the screaming
>is post-hoc rationalizing.

When I bought me SE with 1 meg a few years back, Apple came out with
multifinder relatively soon after. That made my 1meg look pitifully
meager. I added more ram. I noticed that some of the programs I run
(like FullWrite) like lots of ram. So, when I decided I needed a
faster machine, I considered the amount of ram the machine could take
as one of the criteria. One of the factors that led me to upgrade to
an SE/30 was the Apple statement that SE/30s would be able to use
higher density SIMMs. So, you see, there are those of us who took
Apple's word and have been disappointed.

Jim, the ROM upgrade is just one way to get the machine to address all
of the ram. I think most people, myself included, would be happy if
Apple integrated a software-based fix into the OS.  The fact that
Apple does this with AUX and that MODE32 can do it under the MacOS
shows that Apple has simply neglected to implement the fix for the
MacOS. Since the technology is apparently already at Apple, their
negligence shows that they do not feel compelled to live up to their
word at this time. This does not make me feel very good about Apple.

Did Apple lie? I don't know. However, they did tell a falsehood and
have yet to make good on their word. In the long run, it doesn't
matter whether or not it was intentional. They are hurting themselves
by failing to address this problem.
-- 

Stephen Kurtzman             | "love is a minor chord; love is a mental ward;"
kurtzman@pollux.usc.edu      |  love is a drawn sword; love is its own reward."
                             |        -- Kate, Anna, & Jane McGarrigle