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From: shebanow@ernie.BERKELEY.EDU (Mike Shebanow)
Newsgroups: net.micro.mac
Subject: Re: FLASH!!!  New/old rumors from BMUG BBS/MacQueue BBS!
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Date: Tue, 24-Dec-85 11:40:38 EST
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Reply-To: shebanow@ernie.UUCP (Andrew Shebanow)
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(Beware of the line eater)


I think you may be worrying unnecesarrily. Apple isn't requiring anyone to
upgrade to the 1 Meg Mac described in the last rumor. The rumors that I have
heard say that Apple will also offer a minimal ROM/Disk Drive upgrade to 
existing Macs for approx $300 (This is for internal drive only). Since
this minimal upgrade will supposedly speed up your 512K Mac by 50% (and 
double your disk capacity) it is still a perfectly reasonable upgrade
approach.

At the very least, it is essential that everyone get the ROM
upgrade, since not getting the new ROM will get the Mac into the same
situation as the IBM PC (there are still lots of programs out there which
don't understand directories or other PCDOS 2.xx & 3.xx features). 
Just remember that even ROM based operating systems have to be upgraded
sometime. Still, it would be nice if Apple made a $50 ROM-only upgrade
available for those who cannot afford the disk upgrades.


Andrew Shebanow
shebanow@ucbernie