OS's In ROM's (was: Re: Mac Classic prob (was Macintoshes..

From: Doug Yowza <yowza_at_yowza.com>
Date: Fri Jun 26 22:00:56 1998

On Fri, 26 Jun 1998, Tom Owad wrote:

> I belive Apple's Newtons have the OSes in ROM. They certainly do boot
> quickly and a chip swap is need to upgrade the OS.

Later Newts, including the eMate, are flash upgradable. A quick boot
doesn't require a ROM OS, though. Windows is a slow booter even when
ROM'd, but battery-backed RAM gives many portables an instant boot even
with Windows.

Of course, if you have a GRiD Compass with bubble memory, you get an OS
that acts like it's in ROM, but bubbles are writable.

-- Doug
Received on Fri Jun 26 1998 - 22:00:56 BST