[172] in bcs-newton
Re: rom upgrades for Newton
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (laird@marble.com)
Fri Aug 13 15:45:59 1993
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1993 15:44:33 -0500
To: tjt@dtw.com
From: laird@marble.com
Cc: bcs-newton@world.std.com
>I just heard a rumor that it costs Apple $100,000 to make a mask for
>the Netwon PROMs. Perhaps that explains why we can expect RAM patches
>for sometime to come...
>
>
>Terry
Yes, ROMs are things best done by the 100K's. Given that they're soldered
onto the MessagePad's motherboard, I doubt anyone's getting ROM upgrades,
unless Apple has to replace the entire MessagePad for some reason.
- Laird Popkin laird@marble.com
Marble Associates 617/891-5555
