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From: ix408@sdcc6.UUCP (Cris Rys)
Newsgroups: net.micro.mac
Subject: Re: Disturbing rumor re -- ROM upgrade and RAM/Hyperdrive upgrade
Message-ID: <2019@sdcc6.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 20-Apr-85 04:04:07 EST
Article-I.D.: sdcc6.2019
Posted: Sat Apr 20 04:04:07 1985
Date-Received: Sun, 21-Apr-85 06:19:30 EST
References: <1397@bbncca.ARPA>
Organization: U.C. San Diego, Academic Computer Center
Lines: 25
Keywords: upgrade, ROM, Finder, Hyperdrive
Summary: What a joke!

If apple is not going to let people upgrade their ROM who did their
own memory expansion, then they are really blowing it! (Scientificly
speaking of course).
 
There are too many faults in this procedure to make it worth
anybody's while. For instance:
 
1. The dealer is only hurting his own business if he won't upgrade
   someone's ROM. WHy would a dealer turn down money to be made?
2. People will bypass the check and get friend's of standard Mac
   boards to get a ROM upgrade. Exchange chips in thier own Mac, and
   then get the ROM upgrade again and so on and so on....
   Or if Apple requires serial numbers to be given, just change the
   boards in the computer also. I'm sure someone who was up to
   upgrade thier Mac will tempory change boards and then exchange
   chips in order to get a ROM upgrade.
3. Worse comes to worse, the hardware hackers who upgraded their Mac
   will just copy the new ROM from a friend. Please Apple don't
   drive us to this!
 
So it doesn't make too much sense to have a closed door policy.
Even if Apple does put that rule into effect, it will be easy
to get around.

Cris Rys