Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!cmcl2!yale!husc6!harvard!bunny!mlr0 From: mlr0@bunny.UUCP (Martin Resnick) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Should 64K ROMs be supported? (Two example cases) Message-ID: <881@bunny.UUCP> Date: Wed, 7-Jan-87 05:31:59 EST Article-I.D.: bunny.881 Posted: Wed Jan 7 05:31:59 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 7-Jan-87 21:53:16 EST References: <476@runx.OZ> <1490@hoptoad.uucp> <907@ur-tut.UUCP> <4939@reed.UUCP> <758@uwmacc.UUCP> Organization: GTE Laboratories, Waltham, MA Lines: 18 Summary: Not a ROM issue In article <758@uwmacc.UUCP>, rick@uwmacc.UUCP (the absurdist) writes: -> [ should the 64K Line Eater Bug be supported ? ] -> -> A few concrete examples: -> -> Example case 1: -> -> I'm writing a data collection program; one aspect of it would be -> aided by the ListManager routines. This program will run on a -> small # of Macs; it will be cost effective for the University to -> simply restrict the program to only work on the new ROMs, so I am -> not going to try and replace the ListManager stuff with equivalent -> functionality. On start up, it tests for the new ROM, and if it is -> running on the old ROMs it will disable those routines and substitute -> a crufty TTY style interface instead: The List Manager is not in ROM, it is a package in the System File. You can use the List Manager Package on 64K ROM machines.