>No. Don't EVER put anything in that slot. The ROM is soldered onto your >logic board. Apple just left the slot there for potential future >upgrades...which never materialized. It's supposed to be empty.
Just wondering.... would it be possible for someone with an EPROM reader/writer, some technical know-how, and a little patience to "copy" the Open Firmware ROM from a New World Mac on to a PROM SIMM (and make the necessary parameter changes, of course) to give New World features to an Old World machine? I guess the main reason I want to know is because I think it would be terribly useful to be able to use Open Firmware instead of BootX to load Linux on Old World PowerMacs with the ROM upgrade slot (7500, 9500, etc). BootX is terribly inefficient. I know clone companies used to illegally copy Apple ROMs, and that you can copy 68k ROMs for use with emulators, and that it wouldn't be commercially viable because Apple furiously responds to companies who copy their ROM... but still, is there a technical limitation that would prevent someone from doing this? (Purely a hypothetical question, I don't have the patience or extra motherboard to fry, although I do have access to an EPROM machine.) -- --Chris PM 7500/604e 200Mhz 4 gig SCSI 256 megs OS 8.6 (This machine rocks!) -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
