🚀 go-pugleaf

Probably the best way to work is to have your program be sensitive to which
version of the ROM is installed, and then act accordingly; this is the best
of both worlds. I think it is bad practice right now to assume that everyone
has the new ROMs, and to ignore the old ROM users...

I disagree that it's a bad idea to place so much functionality in ROM.
Consider what would happen if the entire OS and Toolbox had to be loaded at
bootup. Besides, the System file would be much much bigger than it is now.
Also, having a user interface toolbox and operating system in ROM makes life
much easier for the user and programmer, by assuring a consistent user
interface and selection of tools to help get the job done. Corrections to ROM
routines can be written by Apple or the programmer -- these are in the System
file (in the case of ROM patches), or else implemented for the duration of
the application's execution, as Lightspeed Pascal does.

I don't think that Apple's limiting the upgrades to 2 years apart; I think
it's a matter of how much programming time it takes to implement the new
version....and testing...and so on.

Perhaps a user-installable connector (a cartridge?) is a good idea....

		--Rich