Re: Machines with Cartridge ROMs

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From: Robert Dorsett
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1987 20:34

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It still doesn't require a BS in EE to pop open the cover on a machine just to
change a ROM.  It's just a rather trivial design issue.

You might wish to think back a bit and examine user reactions to the cartridge
approach.  It *was* rather popular, particularly among those who knew the al-
ternative.  And it makes a LOT more sense than binding users to limited-cap-
ability machines (not implying that those limits make the machine difficult to
use).  For a VERY short time, at the beginning, the Mac design was intended to
support any number of alternative user environments.  Since then, everything 
that has been developed points to the "Mac" interface we've come to love...:-)


Robert

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Subject: Re:  Machines with Cartridge ROMs
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