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From: hamilton@uiucuxc.CSO.UIUC.EDU
Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga
Subject: Re: ROM? bite your tongue!
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Date: Wed, 11-Dec-85 12:21:00 EST
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Posted: Wed Dec 11 12:21:00 1985
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>I think it would be a big mistake to ROM system code.  The code would be, in
>effect, a dinosaur encased in artic ice -- an historical curiosity.  Who's
>willing to say that the hardware will not outlive the software?  Let's hope
>the hardware is around to see many software improvements!
> 
>Besides, if you put stuff in ROM it is less of a serious, open machine and
>more of a super arcade game...

that reminds me... is anyone working on a battery backup hack for WCS?

	wayne hamilton
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