Re: ROM 00/01/03 - Why should I care?

[Roy Miller <millers@inetnebr.com>]

Bill Bach wrote:

> OK, I admit, I've been out of the Apple loop for a while, but I've been
> recently trying to breath some life back into my //gs (new batteries,
> etc.).  Seems most is working, even the old 20MB SCSI drive (although
> one 3.5" floppy drive seems to be dead). I just got the new batteries in
> today, so I get to start playing with my soldering gun soon, too.
>
> Anyway, I've seen several messages regarding the ROM version.  My "WOZ
> Limited Edition" did end up going in for a momboard replacement at one
> time, so I've been able to confirm that it currently has an 01 board.
>
> What's the difference between 01 and 03?  Should I care?

03 has a meg of RAM on the motherboard instead of 256K.
03 has advanced/enhanced toolbox routines, which will save some RAM space.
03 has a few other enhancements which are fuzzy in my mind at the moment.
One has something to do with power traces.
03 does not have the pinouts for attaching a //e keyboard, so you can't
Dremel one into a //e case.
Oh yes, 03 doesn't require you to put AppleTalk in slot 7 and "Your Card" in
slot (2?), so you save a slot.

>
>
> Second Q:
> My main goal is to bring it back up to get some data off, but it would
> be cool to run some of the old software again (I have a few apps I wrote
> using APW in 6502 assembler).  It would also be cool to get it hooked
> into my network.  I see some posts here about successes networking a
> //gs to Win2K, but nothing about WHAT needs to be done.  Any help there?

I'm sure Bart can help - my IIs are AppleTalked to my Macs, one of which is
ethernet equipped, so, once I has some time, I hope to be able to access the
Internet through the Mac. IF it works, well, AppleTalk may be slow, but it's
faster than a 56K modem.

Roy

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