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From: c08_d103@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU (Ex-God)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Rom Copyrights
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Date: 28 Apr 89 02:06:32 GMT
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Bruce Bartholomew said:
>  I am really curious as to how one could justify copying the ][+ roms
>when they appear to be of a non-standard layout.  I remeber attempting
>some permanent changes to the rom set (using eroms) and coujld never get
>the ][+ to read the code that I had installed  on them.
>
>Now either I was doing something wrong (which was unlikely) or the ROMs were
>of a propietary nature.  I think this is a viable solution to deter people
>from making backups.
>
>Any commentson this?  I'd especially like to hear from Apple Computer
>on whether my expereimentation with EPROMS was right......

I don't know about the ][+, but I replaced many ROMs on my ][ with no
adverse effects, and I don't remember doing anything weird (but then
this was quite a while ago....)  I know the Autostart ROMs were
modified -- for that matter, I had both Autostart and Monitor ROMs
that I could switch between.  And as far as I remember, the modified
Autostarts were on a standard EPROM.
As I said, I don't know about the ][+ (when I sold my ][, I got an
Orange + II and stayed with compatibles until I finally bought a
//e....) but I doubt they used strange ROMs for the ][+.

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