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2 total messages Started by Anwar Mohammed Thu, 23 Jul 1992 05:30

#187

Author: Anwar Mohammed
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 05:30

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I have two 'stations, one with ROM monitor version 2.1 v59, one with
ROM monitor version 2.4 v.65.   Can I get the PROM updated in the old
station?  How? How much $$?  Could this old PROM be wreaking havoc with 
my network setup (see my previous post, the older 'station is acting as
the netinfo server)?

Thanks,
anwar
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Re: ROM versions

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Author: M Carling
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 19:04

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In article <1992Jul23.053058.79322@cs.cmu.edu> anwar+@cs.cmu.edu (Anwar  
Mohammed) writes:
> 
> I have two 'stations, one with ROM monitor version 2.1 v59, one with
> ROM monitor version 2.4 v.65.   Can I get the PROM updated in the old
> station?  How? How much $$?  Could this old PROM be wreaking havoc with 
> my network setup (see my previous post, the older 'station is acting as
> the netinfo server)?

NeXT's policy is not to sell the ROMs. If you would like NeXT to change  
thier policy, you should contact hardware marketing.

The only difference between those two ROM versions is that v65 supports  
some minor changes to the PC board design. Your older slab would not do  
anything differently were you to install a newer ROM--well, if you were to  
install a ROM version 3.0 or higher, it could boot directly from a CD-ROM.

I would be surprised if there were any bugs in the ROM code. It is not  
terribly complex, there are a finite number of things that it needs to  
support, and NeXT thoroughly tests all of these. NeXTSTEP is a different  
matter.

M Carling
Director, Bay Area NeXT Group
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