Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!super!udel!gatech!rutgers!uwvax!oddjob!mimsy!aplcen!aplcomm!warper.jhuapl.edu!trn From: trn@warper.jhuapl.edu (Tony Nardo) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: CBM's "blessing" Message-ID: <2001@aplcomm.jhuapl.edu> Date: 29 Sep 88 12:43:54 GMT References: <7239@gryphon.CTS.COM> <7226@well.UUCP> Sender: news@aplcomm.jhuapl.edu Reply-To: @aplvax.jhuapl.edu:trn@warper.jhuapl.edu (Tony Nardo) Organization: Johns Hopkins University/APL (Baltimore, Md.) Lines: 36 In article <7226@well.UUCP> ewhac@well.UUCP (Leo 'Bols Ewhac' Schwab) writes: >In article <7239@gryphon.CTS.COM> mriley@pnet02.cts.com (Mark Riley) writes: >>...Think about all those A500 owners (much >>more than there were A1000 owners) who will need to go to the trouble >>of a ROM change for the upgrade to 1.3. You're fooling yourself if >>you think its gonna happen overnite. >>... > As you know, 1.3 KickStart is functionally identical to 1.2 >KickStart, with the exception of the autoboot code. 1.3 is primarily a >WorkBench distribution, so it's as simple as copying a disk, or buying the >enhancer package. > > DPaint ][ required 1.2 to function, and was released about the same >time 1.2 came out. This didn't stop users from buying DPaint ][ and >upgrading to 1.2. Bad example. No ROM changes were needed to upgrade from 1.1 to 1.2. Whereas it was possible to have one person in a group "take orders" and get a bunch of 1.2 upgrade packages, I doubt that such will be possible for A500 owners upgrading to 1.3 (assuming that the owner needs to bring the machine into the store to protect the warranty). > Enlighten me: How does Apple upgrade its Mac OS? With callous disregard for its customer base. However, they seem to be a little better at maintaining backwards compatability. ============================================================================== ARPA: trn%warper@aplvax.jhuapl.edu \ nardo%str.decnet@capsrv.jhuapl.edu } one of these should work UUCP: {backbone!}mimsy!aplcen!aplcomm!warper!trn / USnail: c/o Johns Hopkins University/APL, Room 7-53 Johns Hopkins Road, Laurel, Md. 20707 "It's a number somewhere between infinity and 5." ==============================================================================