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Article #29714Re: Why do Macs have ROMs?
From: Eric K. Olson
Date: Fri, 01 Jul 1988 18:11
Date: Fri, 01 Jul 1988 18:11
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In a recent article 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?
Macs have ROMs so that you can't build Mac clones (without rewriting the ROM).
-Eric
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!endor!olson From: olson@endor.harvard.edu (Eric K. Olson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Why do Macs have ROMs? Keywords: Macs, ROMs Message-ID: <4868@husc6.harvard.edu> Date: 1 Jul 88 18:11:19 GMT References: <453@etive.ed.ac.uk> Sender: news@husc6.harvard.edu Reply-To: olson@endor.UUCP (Eric K. Olson) Organization: Lexington Software Design, Lexington, MA Lines: 12