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From: korn@eris.berkeley.edu (Peter "Arrgh" Korn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: ROMs on SIMMs
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Date: 15 Oct 88 00:15:06 GMT
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In <10426@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU>, stevel@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Steve Ligett) said:  
>In a discussion of the IIX roms on SIMMs,
>In article <2066@iscuva.ISCS.COM> jimc@iscuva.ISCS.COM (Jim Cathey) writes:
>>Incidentally, socketed ROMs existed in this world long before they were placed
>>on a SIMM carrier.  My Mac 128K has them.  So why all the fuss?  Aren't they
>>socketed in the Mac II?
>
>Using the SIMM (just a little PC board, for those who never knew), makes it
>easier to replace the ROMs.  No tools are required, and there are no pins
>to bend or break off.

Something nobody seems to have brought up as to a possible reason why
Apple puts the ROMs on SIMMs:  I know of no EPROM burner that accepts SIMMs...


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