Re: IIgs...long delay and monitor glitches

[Nick <nmarx@ix.netcom.com>]

As I recall, ROM 03 GSes are not quite as compatable with a bunch of games...

Labelas Enoreth wrote:

> > GS/OS will only continue to see your mouse with slot 4
> > set to 'your card' if the IIGS is a ROM 3 IIGS.  It does
> > not work this way on the ROM 01 IIGS.  It is safe to say
> > that Apple learned something.  ;-)
> Ohhhh...<SOB> and I have a ROM 01...
> Short of finding a ROM 03 and swapping boards (and what would be the point
> then, when I could just use the ROM 03 instead) or trying to find someone
> with a spare board, there is really no way to 'upgrade' from 01 to 03
> short of a boardswap right? especially since 03 is two chips and such,
> among other things.
>
> Are there any other 01 vs 03 things I should know about?
>
> BTW, I remembered someone talking about how Ensoniq chips were hard to
> replace...one of the refurb places (can't remember which for sure but I'm
> thinking shreve) has 'dead' IIgs boards for sale. Now, they're fairly
> cheap, and something tells me that an ensoniq might be something to not
> die as often as other parts of it, so for a fairly reasonable price you
> can grab 2 or 3 and see if you can get a working ensoniq chip out of it.