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Re: ROM 1.2

Subject: Re: ROM 1.2
From: Charles Stephens <devnull@dobbs.eng.sun.com>
Date: 1999/03/25
Followup-to: comp.sys.mac.misc
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2, comp.sys.mac.advocacy, comp.sys.mac.graphics, comp.sys.mac.hardware, comp.sys.mac.misc, comp.sys.mac.powerpc, comp.sys.mac.wanted, comp.sys.mac.portables, comp.sys.mac.general
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
References: <36FB442E.DBD60933@NOSPAMyahoo.com> <pulsar-ya02408000R2503992034540001@news-proxy.cso.uiuc.edu>

>>>>> "P" == Pulsar  <pulsar@springnet1.com> writes:

 P> The ROM on the iMacs and blue and white G3s is just an OpenFirmware boot
 P> ROM. The Mac OS ToolBox portions which used to be on ROM are now sitting in
 P> a file on the hard drive. Since the former ROM is just a file now, it can
 P> be changed/replaced/updated fairly easily (hence the version numbering). 

Cool.  So the G3's are CHRPish?  Solaris 2.5.1 might run on them.

cfs
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References:
- ROM 1.2
  - From: Joe <clutterjoe@NOSPAMyahoo.com>
- Re: ROM 1.2
  - From: pulsar@springnet1.com (Pulsar)

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