Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!bbn!oberon!nunki.usc.edu!sal6.usc.edu!rjung 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_... Message-ID: <1484@nunki.usc.edu> Date: 27 Sep 88 15:03:11 GMT References: <4941@saturn.ucsc.edu> Sender: news@nunki.usc.edu Reply-To: rjung@sal6.usc.edu (Robert allen Jung) Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Lines: 30 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disclaimer: These are my views, and mine alone. # ## # Mailing address: Beats me, just reply to this message # ## # (rjung@nunki.usc.edu?) ## ## ## #### ## ####