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From: lsr@Apple.COM (Larry Rosenstein)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Mac 128K Roms (names)
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Date: 9 Mar 89 01:54:14 GMT
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While the Mac Plus was in development, each ROM version had a 2-word code 
name.  Since the 2 ROMs are marked high & low the names began with H & L.  
The names were significant in that the 3 versions names Lonely <foo> all 
used the exact same low ROM, with different high ROMs (I think).  Other 
than that the names had no relationship to various versions.  I can't even 
remember some of the other names, anymore.

When the Mac II started development, the tradition was started.  In this 
case, the ROMs were named A, B, C, and D, and one of the early ROM 
versions was called Alabster Candelabra.  The tradition died out, however 
(perhaps because it was too difficult to come up with new names).


Larry Rosenstein, Apple Computer, Inc.

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