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From: koehn@cat26.CS.WISC.EDU (Bradley Koehn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Mac 128K Roms
Keywords: rom, 128K
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Date: 8 Mar 89 19:14:56 GMT
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In article <20567@dhw68k.cts.com> thecloud@dhw68k.cts.com.cts.com (Ken McLeod) writes:
[intro text deleted]
> 1) There were actually FOUR different versions of the Mac+ ROM, not 2.
>    According to various sources (including the infamous Tech Note on
>    this subject), they are:
>
>    128K (original) - "Lonely Hearts"   * problem booting w/SCSI devices
>    128K revision 1 - "Lonely Hearse"   * rare; in very few machines
>    128K revision 2 - "Lonely Heifer"   * most beige Pluses have these
>    128K revision 3 - "Loud Harmonicas" * current; platinum Pluses have these
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How did those bizarre names come about for the ROMs? I can't even begin to
imagine (although I'm sure that the L's and H's have something to do with
it) what these have to do with the ROM version number...


Brad Koehn
U-W Madison
"Fly like an Emu!"