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Disturbing rumor re -- ROM upgrade and RAM/Hyperdrive upgrade

#1085
From: Mike Simpson
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1985 15:57
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The following is forwarded for your perusal from INFO-MAC.

==> From: <bang!crash!bwebster@Nosc>
==> Date: Tue, 16 Apr 85 07:59:11 PST
==> Subject: UPGRADE ALERT
==> 
==> TO: Everyone who is considering a RAM/Hyperdrive upgrade
==> 
==> 	I've just heard some disturbing information from a
==> usually reliable source.  As many of you may know, Apple is
==> coming out with a ROM upgrade (128K) this year (probably in
==> September) to fix bugs, accomodate the double-sided disk drives,
==> etc.  Well, according to my source, Apple is instructing its
==> dealers *not* to perform the upgrade on any Macintosh that has
==> been modified in any way.  In other words, if you have done
==> anything to your Mac (RAM upgrade, Hyperdrive, etc.) other than
==> buy the official (and incredibly overpriced) Apple 512K upgrade,
==> your dealer may not upgrade your ROM for you.  I have not yet
==> been able to get a confirm/deny/no comment out of Apple; I'll
==> keep you posted on what I find.
==> 
==> 
==> Additional information and commentary is, as always, welcome.
==> 
==>                               ..bruce..
==> 
==> [These are, of course, my own opinions, and do not necessarily
==> reflect anyone else's . . . though I suspect they just might.]
==> 

	Ouch.  Say it ain't so.

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From: msimpson@bbncca.ARPA (Mike Simpson)
Newsgroups: net.micro.mac
Subject: Disturbing rumor re -- ROM upgrade and RAM/Hyperdrive upgrade
Message-ID: <1397@bbncca.ARPA>
Date: Thu, 18-Apr-85 10:57:17 EST
Article-I.D.: bbncca.1397
Posted: Thu Apr 18 10:57:17 1985
Date-Received: Fri, 19-Apr-85 00:35:43 EST
Reply-To: msimpson@bbncca.ARPA (Mike Simpson)
Organization: Bolt, Beranek and Newman, Cambridge, Ma.
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Keywords: upgrade, ROM, Finder, Hyperdrive