OS's In ROM's (was: Re: Mac Classic prob (was Macintoshes...)) - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

26 Jun 1998

I LOVE that idea.  Now, it'd need to be EPROM, especially nowadays with bug
fixes, a new version every other day of the week, etc. but still, it's a way
cool concept.  Which computers did this?
    Ciao,

Tim
-----Original Message-----
From: Zane H. Healy &lt;healyzh(a)ix.netcom.com&gt;
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
&lt;classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu&gt;
Date: Friday, June 26, 1998 9:22 AM
Subject: Re: Mac Classic prob (was Macintoshes...)

...
    The Mac Classic contains a complete System 6
installation in ROM that
 you can boot from. Sorry but I don't have the docs handy, but I think
 if you press Command-Option-Shift-X on startup, it'll boot from the
 ROM. Another way that should work is Command-Option-Shift-Backspace -- 
Actually, the keys to press are:

 Cmd-Option-X-O

That's the letter O, not the number zero. 
Wow, it has the complete OS in ROM?  I didn't know any of the Mac's did
that.  Are there any others or was this a one shot experiment that failed?
The OS in ROM is the main thing I like about the Atari ST's.

 Zane
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