Power Macintosh: Erase ROM Message (5/95)


I have a file called Erase ROMs in the Apple Extras folder. When I double-click it, a dialog box appears with a message, "You are about to initiate a process that will permanently erase your ROMs. Do you want to continue?", and "Go for It" and "Never Mind" buttons with the second button dimmed.


Where is this message coming from?

Apple shipped a Connectix utility called Connectix Destop Utilities (CDU) with Power Macintosh computers starting in the Fall of 1994. This utility was in the Apple Extras folder. It's purpose was to provide customers with a more robust Energy Star solution. This dialog box is being generated from one of the desktop pattern documents included with CDU.

In order to see this dialog you must:

1) Open the CDU folder within Apple Extras folder.
2) Open the Sample Desktop Pictures folder.
3) Extract the CDU Sample Pictures.sea file.
4) Locate the CDU Sample Pictures folder and open it.
5) Open the B/W folder.
6) Double-click the Erase ROM document.

This "dialog box" is not really a dialog box, but a document on your hard drive which CANNOT erase the ROMs on your computer. Macintosh ROMs cannot be erased by software running on the computer.


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Published Date: Feb 19, 2012