Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!helios.ee.lbl.gov!pasteur!ucbvax!OUACCVMB.BITNET!CS656 From: CS656@OUACCVMB.BITNET Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: //GS improvemenents Message-ID: <8809192029.aa03156@SMOKE.BRL.MIL> Date: 17 Sep 88 03:39:21 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 11 The most frequent about the GS seems to be the boot time for the system. Several of the PC clones have places to plug in chips containing programs. An eprom version of the system would solve a lot of problems. If it was placed in the correct memory location with a softswitch, like basic, there would be no bootup time. Upgrades would simply be a matter of swapping out chips (something which GS users should be used to :-) ) and Apple could recycle the old ones for the next upgrade. I'm sure that this would necessitate a nominal charge for upgrades but it should be worth it. Is this feasible, or am I missing something? Bob Church CS656@OUACCVMB P.S. I'm extremely upset. Mazda came out with a new model with front wheel drive and a much nicer interior but they want $8000 for the upgrade!