Re: Mac 128K Roms

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From: Scott Bayes
Date: Thu, 09 Mar 1989 18:55

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>In article <20567@dhw68k.cts.com> thecloud@dhw68k.cts.com.cts.com (Ken McLeod) writes:
>[intro text deleted]
>> 1) There were actually FOUR different versions of the Mac+ ROM, not 2.
>>    According to various sources (including the infamous Tech Note on
>>    this subject), they are:
>>
>>    128K (original) - "Lonely Hearts"   * problem booting w/SCSI devices
>>    128K revision 1 - "Lonely Hearse"   * rare; in very few machines
>>    128K revision 2 - "Lonely Heifer"   * most beige Pluses have these
>>    128K revision 3 - "Loud Harmonicas" * current; platinum Pluses have these
>[more stuff deleted]
>
>How did those bizarre names come about for the ROMs? I can't even begin to
>imagine (although I'm sure that the L's and H's have something to do with
>it) what these have to do with the ROM version number...
>
>
>Brad Koehn
>U-W Madison
>"Fly like an Emu!"

Could "Lonely Hearts" come from Sergeant Pepper????

Maybe the Beatles do have a case for suiing Apple...

Scott "I am not the Walrus!! I am a Free Man!!" Bayes

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Subject: Re: Mac 128K Roms
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