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

From: Huw Davies <H.Davies_at_latrobe.edu.au>
Date: Sun Jun 28 02:24:53 1998

At 07:40 PM 26-06-98 -0700, 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.

Indeed they do, and yes, OS upgrades are ROM swaps which require a return
to manufacturer.

Most (all?) WinCE HPCs boot from ROM. OS upgrades require a ROM swap which,
in the case of my HP320LX was a user action, easy too. Of course, this is
somewhat off-topic :-) though I'm looking forward to my Newton becoming a
classic so I can recoup some of the vast sums of money I spent on it :-) It
now lives in the same cupboard as my Osborne....

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