Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!math.fu-berlin.de!unido!horga!agsc!amiux!holgerl From: holgerl@amiux.agsc.sub.org (Holger Lubitz) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware Subject: Re: Why not ? Message-ID: Date: 1 Jul 91 04:03:26 GMT References: <9106290101.10.2230@APD> Distribution: comp Organization: Teuwag Lines: 23 In article <9106290101.10.2230@APD> sysop@apd.zer.sub.org writes: >With EEPROMS on the motherboard the new Kickversion can stored in the >EEPROMS.... a) EEPROMs are expensive. b) EEPROMs take a very long time to burn. c) EEPROMs are to the best of my knowledge not available in such big sizes as needed. d) EEPROMs tend to wear out and would have to be replaced after several updates. I feel fine with the current kickfile-solution, and will never remove the boot roms from my A3000. People whining about losing 512k of Fastram should think twice: Even with ROMs you're going to copy the ROMs to RAM anyway if you care for system performance. And I really don't care for the 512k used space on my harddisk. Best regards, Holger -- Holger Lubitz, Kl. Drakenburger Str. 24, D-W-3070 Nienburg/Weser