ralphw@C7.IUS.CS.CMU.EDU (Ralph Hyre) (08/22/89)
In article <34107@apple.Apple.COM> mattd@Apple.COM (Matt Deatherage) writes: >*YOU CAN NOT FIT THE NEW ROMS INTO AN EXISTING MOTHERBOARD.* > >As Jeremy has pointed out, there is a facility for adding ROM through the >Memory Expansion Slot. However, Apple's memory card doesn't have a ROM socket >on it, so a ROM upgrade can't be offered that way, either. This implies an easy solution for owners of older //GSes. Apple could introduce a new board-level memory expansion product that would plug into the memory expansion slot. (Maybe allowing 'dasiy-chaining' of other third-party expansion boards, depending on the mechanical situation inside the case.) If cloning worries are that great, the board could even have a soldered-in ROM. (My UniDisk 3.5 controller board does, why would anyone want to clone that?) [Personally I think unsocketed components are more evil than copy-protected software, but the industry is ignoring me.:-(] BTW, I am leaving the net Friday, and don't know when I will be back (I'll have to see what my next employer thinks, otherwise it looks like I'll need a modem and some UUPC software. [I always wanted to write my own news reader:-] {suggestions for software and hardware welcome}) I guess I'm glad I didn't buy a GS before now, but on the other hand I don't think I'll need one for a while. System 5.0 and the Apple //naiGS (new and improved GS) [what's the real name?] -- - Ralph W. Hyre, Jr. Internet: ralphw@ius3.cs.cmu.edu Phone:(412) CMU-BUGS Amateur Packet Radio: N3FGW@W2XO, or c/o W3VC, CMU Radio Club, Pittsburgh, PA "You can do what you want with my computer, but leave me alone!8-)"