Mac Classic prob (was Macintoshes...)

From: Zane H. Healy <healyzh_at_ix.netcom.com>
Date: Fri Jun 26 01:22:31 1998

>> The Mac Classic contains a complete System 6 installation in ROM that
>> you can boot from. Sorry but I don't have the docs handy, but I think
>> if you press Command-Option-Shift-X on startup, it'll boot from the
>> ROM. Another way that should work is Command-Option-Shift-Backspace --
>
>Actually, the keys to press are:
>
> Cmd-Option-X-O
>
>That's the letter O, not the number zero.

Wow, it has the complete OS in ROM? I didn't know any of the Mac's did
that. Are there any others or was this a one shot experiment that failed?
The OS in ROM is the main thing I like about the Atari ST's.

                                Zane
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