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- From: mcube@iii2.iii.net (Michael M Minor)
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- Subject: Re: Attention A1200 Owners!
- Date: 12 Jan 1996 05:05:53 -0500
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- Porter Woodward (Porter_Wooward@internet.kronos.com) wrote:
- : Hi -
-
- : I have a little project in mind for all us A1200 owners out there. It
- : involves the 3.1 ROM chip. As some of you may or may not know, the 3.1
- : ROM can be used in the A1200, but there is a nasty rumor that it drops
- : PCMCIA support.
-
- : However, you gain some additional CD-ROM support, and a couple of
- : additions, and bug-fixes to the 3.0 ROM... Now, I have a question.
-
- : Would it be worth it to you to have some sort of "ROM Switcher" like
- : the ones made for the A500/A2000 in the days of 1.3/2.0? I'd really like
- : some feedback on this - whether you think such a device would be useful,
- : and whether the 3.1 has benefits enough to warrant it.
-
- : - Porter
-
- I had similar concerns while my 1200 still lived (it is fried now) and I
- wondered if someone could grab the pcmcia driver from ther 3.0 rom and
- patch it to be relocateable and load it as a resource under 3.1?
- moot point for me 'till I get the thing fixed, I am back to my trusty 500
- but slow.
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- M^3
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