Do all ROMs work in all machines?

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Title: Do all ROMs work in all machines?
Post by: trent823 on February 22, 2016, 12:39:33 AM
Sounds silly doesn't it - but if for example I was to burn any one of Rob's ROMs here to a ROM:

http://blackholeinc.com/store/next-rom-files.html

Would that ROM work in a NeXT Computer, NeXTcube 040@25MHz, NeXTcube 040@33MHz, PyroCube @50MHz?

As well as NeXTstation motherboards?
Title: Do all ROMs work in all machines?
Post by: bobo68 on February 22, 2016, 02:34:34 PM
They are not interchangeable. V66 is the latest ROM for non-Turbos, V74 for Turbos.

The ROM contains the MAC address. Using a ROM with a different MAC address will cause problems with software that checks the MAC address to see if the license is valid for the machine.

see: http://www.nextcomputers.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=11&highlight=rom+eprom+burn

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