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From: clf3678@ultb.UUCP (C.L. Freemesser)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: TOS 1.4 vs NEODESK and UIS-II
Summary: I don't have the 4/22/87 roms
Message-ID: <424@ultb.UUCP>
Date: 12 Mar 89 19:54:20 GMT
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Reply-To: clf3678@ultb.UUCP (C.L. Freemesser (709ITP))
Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology, Information Systems
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Well if you have a Mega or a newer 1040, you have the 4/22/87 ROMS that
Mark mentioned.  BUT, what about the old 520s (like mine) and the older
1040 machines that have the ORIGINAL ROMS?

Sure, the Mega can have the new ROMS because it has the required sockets
for them (2 sockets).  BUT, my machine has the smaller-capacity 6
sockets, which don't support the 1 meg chips 1.4 will use.  A
daughterboard is required to interface the chips into the sockets I have
now.

Now I know that Atari's attitude is changing quite a bit towards the
better (something I really like to see).  It will be interesting to see
if it changes enough to put out this fantastic upgrade for ALL machines.
I really don't care about the BLITTER, but 1.4 is almost a necessity (it
fixes SO many things and speeds up others).  I guess it's a "wait and
see" game now.

=cf=