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Article #29709Re: Why do Macs have ROMs?
From: Jim Cathey
Date: Fri, 01 Jul 1988 19:13
Date: Fri, 01 Jul 1988 19:13
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In article <453@etive.ed.ac.uk> nick@lfcs.ed.ac.uk (Nick Rothwell) writes: >I hope this isn't a silly question - it isn't supposed to be. But, I admit to >being a newcomer to the Mac world, so perhaps this is obvious. So: Why do >Macs have ROMs? Clone-proofing is the chief reason. The ROM image is copyrighted, and writing a functionally equivalent version of what's in the Mac ROMs is much harder than rewriting from scratch an IBM PC's BIOS. Of course, floppy-only Macs are saved a fair chunk of disk space by whatever's in ROM (whatever's not broken, that is). +----------------+ ! II CCCCCC ! Jim Cathey ! II SSSSCC ! ISC Systems Corp. ! II CC ! TAF-C8; Spokane, WA 99220 ! IISSSS CC ! UUCP: uunet!iscuva!jimc ! II CCCCCC ! (509) 927-5757 +----------------+ "With excitement like this, who is needing enemas?"
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!iscuva!jimc From: jimc@iscuva.ISCS.COM (Jim Cathey) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Why do Macs have ROMs? Keywords: Macs, ROMs Message-ID: <1698@iscuva.ISCS.COM> Date: 1 Jul 88 19:13:44 GMT References: <453@etive.ed.ac.uk> Organization: ISC Systems Corporation, Spokane, WA Lines: 19