Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/17/84 chuqui version 1.9 3/12/85; site unisoft.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!zehntel!dual!unisoft!pc From: pc@unisoft.UUCP (n) Newsgroups: net.micro.mac Subject: Re: Disturbing rumor re -- ROM upgrade and RAM/Hyperdrive upgrade Message-ID: <448@unisoft.UUCP> Date: Tue, 23-Apr-85 11:53:06 EST Article-I.D.: unisoft.448 Posted: Tue Apr 23 11:53:06 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 25-Apr-85 08:27:21 EST References: <1397@bbncca.ARPA> <2019@sdcc6.UUCP> <2618@nsc.UUCP> Organization: UniSoft Systems, Berkeley Lines: 13 > The ROM's, I believe, are soldered in place, and I suspect few service centers > want to be more than boardswappers if they can help it. It is faster, more > reliable, and cheaper that way. > > :From the closet of anxieties of: Chuq Von Rospach > {cbosgd,fortune,hplabs,ihnp4,seismo}!nsc!chuqui nsc!chuqui@decwrl.ARPA This is not true!! The ROMs are in sockets, not only that but they are 64k ROMs in sockets wired for 128k chips as well, seems someone at Apple thought ahead ...... Paul Campbell ..!ucbvax!unisoft!paul