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Article #13985Re: Should 64K ROMs be supported?
From: Oliver Steele
Date: Sat, 27 Dec 1986 20:15
Date: Sat, 27 Dec 1986 20:15
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What does a Mac+ have, that a Mac(-?) doesn't have, that people want to
write programs that take advantage of? Are these things
1) Functions that add efficiency but not functionality
(e.g.: the NoQuiche patches)?
2) Functions that are in ROM in Mac+ and PACK in Mac-
(e.g.: List Manager)?
3) Functions that can be easily called conditionally
(e.g.: Zoombox handling)?
4) More memory/disk capacity?
5) Added functionality that can't easily be patched in
(e.g.: fractional font widths)?
6) Something else?
4) isn't really a difference between Mac+/-. Only 5) and 6) justify the
creation of incompatable programs. As a technote-deprived user, I haven't
heard of anything in these two categories that would be useful to most
programs. From the fervency of this discussion, I assume that there are
other enhancements.
What are they?
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!mit-eddie!genrad!decvax!mcnc!unc!steele From: steele@unc.UUCP (Oliver Steele) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Should 64K ROMs be supported? Message-ID: <465@unc.unc.UUCP> Date: Sat, 27-Dec-86 15:15:02 EST Article-I.D.: unc.465 Posted: Sat Dec 27 15:15:02 1986 Date-Received: Sun, 28-Dec-86 03:38:21 EST References: <476@runx.OZ> <1490@hoptoad.uucp> <907@ur-tut.UUCP> Reply-To: steele@unc.UUCP (Oliver Steele) Organization: CS Dept, U. of N. Carolina, Chapel Hill Lines: 26