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From: tecot@momenta.com (Ed Tecot)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: How to write to Apple
Message-ID: <1991Jun28.024320.19468@momenta.com>
Date: 28 Jun 91 02:43:20 GMT
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Organization: Momenta Corporation
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bc@Apple.COM (bill coderre) writes:
>   Another assumption I'm making (which may be flawed) is that any ROM
>   upgrade would just provide the same ROM's that are in a Mac IIci (or
>   any of the 32-bit machines).  I don't expect Apple to come out with a
>   brand new ROM which would be different than all the ROM's that
>   currently exist.  

>This is a big flaw. Each machine has custom ROMs that make it "the
>same" to the Toolbox. Thus, a IIcx absolutely cannot use IIci ROMs.

That's not true.  The newer ROMs, such as found in the IIfx can be used
in less capable 68030 machines.  ROM upgrades are simply a marketing
decision, the technical problems were solved a long time ago.

						_emt