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From: dhawk@well.UUCP (David Hawkins)
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Subject: Re: Magic Sac
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Date: Tue, 24-Nov-87 09:54:55 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov 24 09:54:55 1987
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In the referenced article, I wrote:
>The Magic Sac emulates the 128K ROMS, needing just the 64K ROMS to get
>around the legal end.  In other words, Dave can emulate the rest of
>the stuff as long as he gets the basics from real Mac ROMS.  So the
>Magic Sac does run stuff for the 128K ROMS.  There's no need for him
>to set it up to require the newer ROMS.
I was mis-remembering the following:
This is what I got from Data Pacific this month:
|  128K and 256K ROMS
|  Many users ask when we will support the newer 128K and 256K ROMs
|from Apple.  We do not plan to support these ROMs with the MAGIC SAC,
|primarily because the code which is contained inside of these ROMs
|will be provided by our software.  Thus, _there is no advantage in the
|use of these ROMs over the 64K ROMs_ with the Magic Sac.
|   Software Compatibility
|   . . . general rule of thumb is: If the software is Macintosh II
|comptaible, was written to conform to the Apple Macintosh programming
|guidelines, and does not access hardware directly, then it is usually
|compatible with the MAGIC SAC.
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So anyway, they're saying in this release that the 128K and 256K ROMs
will be covered in software.  I would guess that like all future plans
that could change.   |-)
-- 
David Hawkins       {ptsfa,hplabs,ucbvax}!well!dhawk
It is a luxury to be understood.   - Ralph Waldo Emest po l