Re: Happy 13th Birthday to the Apple IIgs

[Bryan Villados <news001@macgeek.org>]

I think what Supertimer is trying to get at is that even though there's
a ROM 01 and ROM 03 on the IIGS, the ROM 03, in a general sense, really
isn't any different than a ROM 01. I mean, you could make arguments
that ROM 03 has made improvements over ROM 01, but I don't believe it's
measurable enough of a difference to say that a ROM 03 system is QUITE
different from a ROM 01 system. Having a bigger ROM and more RAM on the
logic board doesn't make enough of a difference to categorize a ROM 03
system as a completely separate system.

On the other side, I can make an argument that a IIc is QUITE different
from a IIc+. For starters, the IIc+ can run an Apple 3.5 Drive, is much
faster, and has extended features like ADB. Even though technically the
logic board on a IIc+ is the same general design as the IIc, there's
enough of a difference to say that the IIc+ is, indeed, a different
system. Therefore, the IIc+ should be considered the last of the Apple
II line.

If you look at the Macintosh Powerbook line, the same type of changes
are going on, yet we indeed distinguish a Powerbook 140 and Powerbook
160 as completely different models, and not say that a Powerbook 160 is
a variant of a 140.


In article <37e3edab.4583153@news>, Jeff Blakeney
<CUTblakeney@home.com> wrote:

> On 17 Sep 1999 04:56:47 GMT, supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer) wrote:
> 
> >The Apple IIc Plus was the last member of the Apple II line,
> >released in 1988.  Well, ok, the ROM 3 IIGS can be considered
> >a 1989 model, so you COULD argue that the IIGS was the
> >last member of the Apple II line, but for all intents and purposes
> >the ROM 01 and the ROM 3 are variations of the same model,
> >so the Apple IIc Plus was really the last UNIQUE Apple II
> >model released!
> 
> Sorry, I can't resist this one.
> 
> By your argument, the IIc+ is just a variation of the IIc model so
> that would still make the IIgs "the last UNIQUE Apple II model
> released".  :-)
> 
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