Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!lll-lcc!mordor!styx!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!ernie.Berkeley.EDU!munson From: munson@ernie.Berkeley.EDU (Ethan Munson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Should 64K ROMs be supported? Message-ID: <16748@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> Date: Mon, 5-Jan-87 15:44:11 EST Article-I.D.: ucbvax.16748 Posted: Mon Jan 5 15:44:11 1987 Date-Received: Mon, 5-Jan-87 22:49:56 EST References: <476@runx.OZ> <781@rosevax.UUCP> <945@gould9.UUCP> Sender: usenet@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: munson@ernie.Berkeley.EDU.UUCP (Ethan Munson) Organization: University of California, Berkeley Lines: 19 [For the line-eater] I would like to add my vote to Joel West's on this topic (my last posting got messed up). In my opinion, the decision about which ROMs to support should be made on the basis of what kind of product you are selling. If you are making a balance-the-checkbook/kill-the-evil-monsters/ home-computing oriented product, you should definitely support all versions of the Mac. If your program is expensive (at least $250, maybe approaching $1000) and needs Mac+ features or performance or better (Paris/Alladin) then, by all means assume that the user has the new ROMs. Just make sure the product says so clearly. Many of the people on the net have been Mac owners for a long time and as a result have older machines. The reality appears to be that most Mac owners now have a Plus or a 512Ke. It's a decision that has to be made separately for each product. I suspect that in three years, many programs will require the 128K ROMs, if the extra features are really useful. Ethan Munson