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From: robinson@renoir.Berkeley.EDU.UUCP
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Subject: Re: hardware 'upgrades'
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Date: Sat, 7-Mar-87 19:36:17 EST
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In article <831@bath63.ux63.bath.ac.uk> pes@ux63.bath.ac.uk (Paul Smee) writes:
>Or, to pick a popular 'right-now' comparison:
>
>My information is that Commodore have explicitly stated that they will
>*not* provide upgrades to ROM for their loyal customers who bought the
>early Amigas with the system on disk.

I personally don't know anyone who would consider this an upgrade.  True, there
are some who do, but not enough to make it worth Commodore's time.
The ROM image on disk makes for easy software upgrades, without locking the
user out of software that relied on buggy early versions of the operating
system.  How many programs out there would be broken if the Atari ROMs got 
fixed?  Are people who get upgrades going to take apart their computer every
time they want to run that software?

The bugs in the Atari ROM are real bugs, the Amiga Kickstart is a feature.

And not only does Commodore provide operating system updates for almost
nothing, they are more than happy to provide anyone with detailed
instructions on how to upgrade to a ROM system themselves, if they so
desire.
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