Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!uwmcsd1!vanvleck!uwvax!speedy!engber From: engber@speedy.cs.wisc.edu (Mike Engber) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: CMS & System 6.0 Keywords: New Mac Plus ROMs Message-ID: <5892@spool.cs.wisc.edu> Date: 28 Jun 88 23:18:01 GMT References: <16585@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> Sender: news@spool.cs.wisc.edu Reply-To: engber@speedy.cs.wisc.edu (Mike Engber) Organization: U of Wisconsin CS Dept Lines: 20 In article <16585@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> edgar@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (Gerald A. Edgar) writes: >... >I was ready to fork over $200 dollars, when (guess what) the technician found >a page from Apple saying that it is a FREE UPGRADE. The problems listed >on the sheet sent by Apple to their dealers (the reason for the new ROMs) >is just "problems with SCSI devices", or some such thing. >-- The ROMs are free, but you must pay labor to get them installed. I got the new ROMs installed because there was a bug in the old ROMs that prevents a Mac Plus, with a SCSI hard disk connected to it, from booting unless the hard disk was powered up. I think the new ROMs fix some other things too, but I'm not sure what. I believe the boot problem is what was considered serious enough to warrent the upgrade being free. The existence of this "free" ROM upgrade has not been widely publicized and you will probably have to convince your dealer to dig around is his notes till he finds it. -ME