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From: JKT100@psuvm.psu.edu (JKT)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
Subject: Re: Mac-system 7.0
Message-ID: <91146.232719JKT100@psuvm.psu.edu>
Date: 27 May 91 03:27:19 GMT
References: <1991May27.001603.18395@crash.cts.com>
Organization: Penn State University
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In article <1991May27.001603.18395@crash.cts.com>, hawk@pnet01.cts.com (John
Anderson) says:
>
>A dealer friend told me the new System 7s they just got in would not work with
>the 128K ROMs.  He said System 7 would only work on an SE and above.  He
>called an Apple support person and that's what he was told.  He looked in the
>manual it it said the same thing: it ony works on an SE and above.

Bzzt!  Wrong on TWO counts:

1) Apple says System 7.0 will work on the Mac Plus, and MacWeek
   has confirmed it.
2) The Mac SE has the same 128K ROMs that the Plus has.  If it
   didn't work with the 128K ROMs, it wouldn't run on the SE.

He's a DEALER saying this?  Just confirms what I've posted in
this group before...  dealers s*ck.  They CONSISTENTLY don't
know what they are talking about but will ALWAYS claim they
do.  This applies to Amiga, Mac, and PC dealers alike.  It
seems that anyone who DOES know what he/she is talking about
goes into a field that pays more than selling computers.  :-)

Ok, I'm done raving now.  Anyway, System 7 is supposed to work on
the Mac Plus.  The current conflict apparently has something to
do with System 7 checking a ROM location that A-Max modifies when
it copies the ROM code into RAM.  Once A-Max is made not to change
that location anymore, we'll have compatibility.  :-)

                                                            Kurt
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