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From: rjung@sal6.usc.edu (Robert  allen Jung)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Spectre and the ROM question...
Summary: Apple ain't generous, but its dealers _are_...
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Date: 27 Sep 88 15:03:11 GMT
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In article <4941@saturn.ucsc.edu> humtech@ucschu.ucsc.edu (Mark Frost) writes:
>It has been implied that to use the Spectre, you need to have Mac ROMs. Where
>in the world do you get these? I can't believe Apple is so generous as to sell
>them to anyone who wants them. Where do you get them, and how expensive are
>they?

  You're right, Apple Computers is too bureaucratic to be generous to sell
their 128K ROMs. However, Apple Dealers, being raised on an attitude of
"Make a buck any way you can" (why else are they selling Apples?  B-), will
gladly sell you whatever ROMs they have on hand. The 128K ROMs will cost
about $150~$200, I think.

  (And if you can't find a dealer nearby, mail-order services will usually
advertise that they have the ROMs as well. I also think Dave Small can help
you get them, but I'm not sure)

						--R.J.
						B-)

P.S. In response to the other question, there probably won't be a Spectre 256
because (1) the 256K ROMs aren't _that_ much different from the 128K ROMs, and
(2) the 256K ROMs support Mac-color, which Dave small has said he can't (and
won't even try to) hack out.

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