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From: hammen@csd4.milw.wisc.edu (Robert Joseph Hammen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Jasmine disk followup
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Date: Wed, 18-Nov-87 12:25:25 EST
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In article <6811@ut-ngp.UUCP> jcc@ut-ngp.UUCP (William Riker) writes:
>
>{stuff about Jasmine 80MB and Apple's 80MB drive for Mac II}
>
>I read on a local bulletin board that Apple has installed in their
>HD80s a *proprietary* ROM that basically tells the drive software
>whether the person was a "good little boy" and bought from Apple
>or if he was "bad" and bit the hand that fed him the computer in
>his own monetary interest.
>
>Accordingly, the software would perform well or poorly/not at all.
>

Actually, I don't think the story is as bad as it sounds. Apple has probably
incorporated many features into its ROM that the Jasmine and CMS drives
do not have in their ROMs - it makes sense for your software to take advantage
of these features. I highly doubt Apple is doing this to spite purchasers of
other drives, who should be using the drivers from the manufacturer, if 
possible.

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