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From: olson@endor.harvard.edu (Eric K. Olson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Why do Macs have ROMs?
Keywords: Macs, ROMs
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Date: 1 Jul 88 18:11:19 GMT
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In a recent article Nick Rothwell writes:
>I hope this isn't a silly question - it isn't supposed to be. But, I admit to
>being a newcomer to the Mac world, so perhaps this is obvious. So: Why do
>Macs have ROMs?

Macs have ROMs so that you can't build Mac clones (without rewriting the ROM).

-Eric
          Lexington Software Design:  Tomorrow's Software Yesterday

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