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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
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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)
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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).

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