Re: A Few Q's Before I Take the Plunge

["Allen Bong" <sfbong@tm.net.my>]

"Jason Rein" <uhmblittSPAMICIDE@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> Greetings all,
>
> First a little background. My first experience with an Apple 2 was
> programming a IIgs in high school in '91. I still have the floppy and
> for 10 years it's been dormant. I'm wanting to get back into the IIgs
> but I have a few questions before I commit. I found some Apple 2
> hardware at a thrift recently (IIgs, monitor(s), keyboard, drives...all
> scattererd about). I'm mainly interested in the IIgs and a DuoDisk drive
> that I think went with that particular IIgs.
>
> And now for my questions...
>
> What kind of quality can I expect if I were to hook the IIgs up to a TV?
> I'm trying to save space by not purchasing a monitor.

I have tried this out on a 20" TV.  I run the "battle chess" under GS/OS and
the color was quite impressive but letters are not very clear.  The
connection was made via the composit video output.  I forgot how the text
looked like in text mode,  but I guess the color killer should be switched
on automatically in text mode.  Can someone confirm?

>
> Is there any way to figure out which ROM version the IIgs is without
> starting it up? Are there any indicators on any chips or on the board?

Though I haven't received my ROM03 yet, I think you can find out by opening
the cover:  see if there are 8 pieces of 414256 placed close to each other
and another 2 pieces of 414256 placed side by side that totals to 1.25MB.

Allen

>
> Thanks,
> Jason