Re: I appologize for confusing Apple with Mac

[shack@onyx.southwind.net (Randy Shackelford)]

anomaly3@mc.net (anomaly3@mc.net) wrote:
: Not all 68K support is ending. Just the machines that do not have 
: hardware support for 32-bit addressing. Everything below the LCIII will 
: get the ax. All 32-bit capable 68030's and 68040's are still eligible 
: for all MacOS upgrades. But for those who don't meet the criteria, 
: System 7.5.5 is the last upgrade. Besides, last time I checked, most of 
: the software out there requires only System 7, and anything above that 
: just means you get a few extra system toys and a bit less memory. And if 
: you want that "Copland" feel, just put Aaron in your extensions folder 

Yep 68000 support is gone, that's what I was saying. So is support for my 
SE/30. I was talking to a guy at Apple about this. I think they should put out
a mode32 style patch for the non 32 bit '030s so they can stay current until
all 68K support goes. Or at least make the system work on my SE/30 with a IIfx
ROM SIMM installed. It works and gives 32 bit addressing but doesn't boot with
systems >7.1.
The story I got from the Apple guy was there is a lot of code in the system
just for supporting these boxes and they want to streamline the system. Fine
I say, why not have an extension which installs this code on boxes which
need it?
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Randy Shackelford
shack@southwind.net