Re:Apple's developers reflashed Mac ROMs in the '90s
by dev_tty01 on Monday November 27, 2023 @10:40AM
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Hmm. You seem to be railing against something that is not related to the article. The article describes how Apple internal developers reflashed ROMs while developing the firmware for new prototype computers. This is something that Apple's developers had to do on a regular basis.
Re:Apple's developers reflashed Mac ROMs in the '90s
by mistrial9 on Monday November 27, 2023 @11:04AM
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yes - my fault.. so it goes
Re:Apple's developers reflashed Mac ROMs in the '90s
by Clamchop on Monday November 27, 2023 @10:36AM
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Why was it illegal?
Re:Apple's developers reflashed Mac ROMs in the '90s
by KerrAvon on Monday November 27, 2023 @10:51AM
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I think the poster (maybe someone’s AI experiment?) is on a tangent about replacing the standard Apple ROMs with your own versions? That wasn’t really a thing, but it wasn’t illegal either. What was illegal was copying Apple’s ROM code to sell in your own clone machines.
Re:Apple's developers reflashed Mac ROMs in the '90s
by mistrial9 on Monday November 27, 2023 @11:02AM
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> maybe someone’s AI experiment?
if you take half-a-second, longer than I spent reading that article, you would know this is a personnel account, right? do you need to repeat "AI" rumors here ? It is neither amusing nor adding any substance to the topic IMHO
This was the nightmare of Apple from the early days and they actively pursued it. Also, intelligent people in the creative professions were inventing things.