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From: wtm@neoucom.UUCP (Bill Mayhew)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Enhancer 1.3 package
Summary: EEPROM WCS
Keywords: NO ROMS!?
Message-ID: <1400@neoucom.UUCP>
Date: 9 Nov 88 21:26:55 GMT
References: <12839@eecae.UUCP> <6531@xanth.cs.odu.edu> <622@quintus.UUCP>
Organization: Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine
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I like the idea of a nonvolitile Writable Control Store a la the
Amiga 1000.  EEPROMs to hold 256K of code would probably be cost
prohibitive, but maybe using battery backed CMOS might be workable.
Even that much CMOS is sort of expensive.  Battery replacement
would be no big deal; if the CMOS ever got dumped, you'd only need
to reboot from the kickstart to restore normality.  The downside is
that the nice friendly ever-warm memory could be a potential
breeding ground for viruses and worms, etc.

--Bill                                 "Thermonuclear what?"