Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!usc!apple!dlyons From: dlyons@Apple.COM (David Lyons) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: New GS ROMs Message-ID: <34083@apple.Apple.COM> Date: 17 Aug 89 23:12:57 GMT References: <237@ualtamts.BITNET> Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA Lines: 62 In article <237@ualtamts.BITNET> userDBUG@ualtamts.BITNET (Dan Berry) writes: >First off, with people referring to "ROM 3", I'm assuming that >they actually mean "Version 2", as compared to versions 0..1. Well, it Really Is called "ROM 03"...so that's what we really mean. There was too much confusion before with ROM 00 = ROM 1.0, and ROM 01 = ROM 2.0. >Secondly, out of curiousity (really!), unless they drastically >changed some key functions on the M.B., couldn't you simply make >a duplication of the "ver2" ROMs and stick them into the older >motherboards? Does doubling the number of chips count as a drastic change? :-) ROM 03 is 256K (00 and 01 were only 128K), and the ROM socket on the old motherboards is limited to 128K. >While I've gone and mentioned that, I might as well also explain >my feelings on EPROM copying. Personally, I feel that if a company >(such as Apple) comes out with a machine (like the GS) and then >later on upgrades it with new ROMs (as they just did), I should be >entitled to have that upgrade for free based on the following: It's pretty much a moot point in this case, but not everybody would agree that you have a "right" to a free ROM upgrade. A large amount of work went into the ROM's development, and Apple owns it. >1. I paid a rather large sum for a machine that I assumed, >at the time of purchase, to be worth the thousands of >dollars that I invested into it. If they upgrade it, then I >feel that it's an admission by the said company that their >machine wasn't the best even by their standards. Oh, *fine*...shall I recommend to my superiors that we never improve our products, because our customers will be annoyed that they can't have the new ones for free? :-) Nothing is every *the best*. It's only the best that could be done in the available time, for a certain cost, etc. >[...] >Then again, I sold my GS just last week -- apparently just in >time -- before they (Apple) announced another upgrade that cost an >arm and a leg. Apple didn't announce an upgrade. > I'm not against the GS, but I really wish that >they'd consult the general populus when they consider these things. Do you want a free upgrade every time a product changes? [ ] Yes [ ] No Okay...now, what do I do with the results of this survey? --Dave Lyons, Apple Computer, Inc. | DAL Systems AppleLink--Apple Edition: DAVE.LYONS | P.O. Box 875 AppleLink--Personal Edition: Dave Lyons | Cupertino, CA 95015-0875 GEnie: D.LYONS2 or DAVE.LYONS CompuServe: 72177,3233 Internet/BITNET: dlyons@apple.com UUCP: ...!ames!apple!dlyons My opinions are my own, not Apple's.