Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!apple!mattd From: mattd@Apple.COM (Matt Deatherage) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: New GS ROMs Message-ID: <34114@apple.Apple.COM> Date: 18 Aug 89 18:42:57 GMT References: <8908181021.AA14047@trout> <3893@csd4.csd.uwm.edu> Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA Lines: 37 In article <3893@csd4.csd.uwm.edu> sjklafke@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Scott James Klafke) writes: > >There is also another problem, which I feel is the big one. SOFTWARE. Now the >developers will be producing for //gs'+' (whatever), and the //gs original >owners will be left out in the cold. I have a //e, and I don't mind the >//e - //gs differences, they are totally different computers and are >alot different from each other, but the //gs'+' is not as major of a change >as was the //e - //gs change. >[...] >but changing the 'car' slightly so it cannot run on the 'gas' that is being >produced is silly. > >-- >Scott James Klafke (sjklafke@csd4.csd.uwm.edu) >Scott & Company Business Phone Home Phone >372 E. Bay St. (414) 438-1790 (414) 744-9058 >Milw., WI 53207-1236 -- It isn't creative, but it's MINE! -- Folks, here we have an example of possible rampant paranoia. (And Dave tells me he used the same word in his reply.) It is highly unlikely that any kind of non-utility software will require anything present in ROM 3 and not present in ROM 1. It's certainly nicer, but all the functionality (except revised firmware for slots) is pretty much present in 5.0. You should feel left behind if you can't run 5.0, not if you can't get the new ROM. It's nicer, but I *seriously* doubt it will be required for anything in the near future (for any good reason, at least). ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Matt Deatherage, Apple Computer, Inc. | "The opinions expressed in this tome Send PERSONAL mail ONLY (please) to: | should not be construed to imply that AppleLink PE: Matt DTS GEnie: AIIDTS | Apple Computer, Inc., or any of its CompuServe: 76703,3030 | subsidiaries, in whole or in part, Usenet: mattd@apple.com | have any opinion on any subject." UUCP: (other stuff)!ames!apple!mattd | "So there." -----------------------------------------------------------------------------