lotto@talcott.UUCP (Jerry Lotto) (10/16/85)
Recent rumor mill (PCWeek) stated that the new PROMS being
used in PC/ATs (with the IBM 30mB disk as well new 68 and 99 models)
will make replacement of the crystal difficult or impossible. They go
to state that the PROMS change a timing loop, but offer no other
substantiation of this claim. I believe that the PROM has been modified,
but what evidence is there that this causes the previously mentioned
problems?
If this is true, I for one would interpret it as a hostile action
by IBM. There is no way that they can convince me that limiting the
capabilities of my machine is for my own good. I am grateful for the
open architechture at least. It would not be the first time I was forced
to kludge around one of their "fixes".
--
Gerald Lotto - Harvard Chemistry Dept.
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