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From: steele@unc.UUCP (Oliver Steele)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Should 64K ROMs be supported?
Message-ID: <465@unc.unc.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 27-Dec-86 15:15:02 EST
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Posted: Sat Dec 27 15:15:02 1986
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Reply-To: steele@unc.UUCP (Oliver Steele)
Organization: CS Dept, U. of N. Carolina, Chapel Hill
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What does a Mac+ have, that a Mac(-?) doesn't have, that people want to
write programs that take advantage of?  Are these things
1)	Functions that add efficiency but not functionality
	(e.g.:  the NoQuiche patches)?
2)	Functions that are in ROM in Mac+ and PACK in Mac-
	(e.g.:  List Manager)?
3)	Functions that can be easily called conditionally
	(e.g.:  Zoombox handling)?
4)	More memory/disk capacity?
5)	Added functionality that can't easily be patched in
	(e.g.:  fractional font widths)?
6)	Something else?

4) isn't really a difference between Mac+/-.  Only 5) and 6) justify the
creation of incompatable programs.  As a technote-deprived user, I haven't
heard of anything in these two categories that would be useful to most
programs.  From the fervency of this discussion, I assume that there are
other enhancements.

What are they?

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