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From: twakeman@hpcea.CE.HP.COM (Teriann Wakeman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Mac+ ROM Upgrade
Message-ID: <430100@hpcea.CE.HP.COM>
Date: 9 May 89 21:21:46 GMT
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Organization: HP Corporate Engineering - Palo Alto, CA
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 I went to 2 Apple dealers with the same number & was told that it was NOT
for a free Mac+ ROM upgrade.  What I was told is that it paid the cost of
ONE ROM if the ROM set dies. The customer pays for the other ROM and           
instillation! I even had one dealer call Apple.  The story I got is that 
there is a lot of confusion & that dealers who do a free ROM upgrade got
stuck with the unreimbursed charges. 

This has always bothered me since I keep hearing storys of people who
quoted the magic number & got a free ROM upgrade. In my case a kind soul
{THANKS} came through with a set of the latest ROMs to replace my "Lonely
Hearts" ROM & I have been a happy camper ever since.  Of course now, before
I could be a happy camper I had to get 2 chips fixed that stopped working
when MacProducts Inc. replaced a ROM socket for me. I also had to adjust the
5 V supply after the 2.5 Meg RAM upgrade. 

I still wonder does the magic number really work & were the dealers shucking
me to get extra money, or are there a lot of dealers getting stuck?

TeriAnn