Re: Apple IIgs Rom 0

[CUTjefbla@bconnex.net (Jeff Blakeney)]

On Sun, 8 Nov 1998 14:45:57 +1300, dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David
Empson) wrote:

>Jeff Blakeney <CUTjefbla@bconnex.net> wrote:
>
>> No less confusing than the version numbers for the Operating System.
>
>I disagree.  The ROM version numbers were publically referred to using
>two different numbers: ROM 01 and ROM 2.0, depending on what you were
>reading.

Actually, after someone pointed this out to me it has made perfect
sense to me ever since.  :-)

Unlike the Operating System versions is evidenced by my screwing them
up like this:

>> System 4.0 can also be referred to as GS/OS v1.0 (I think that's when
>> it started) so that means that everyone who is using System 6.0.1
>> right now is actually using GS/OS v3.0.1.  :-)
>
>Not exactly.  System 1.0 includes ProDOS 16 1.0.  After that, the
>operating system version increased with nearly every system software
>release, but not in sync with it.
>
>System 4.0 includes GS/OS 2.0.  (Anything with a 1.x version is
>ProDOS-16.)
>
>System 6.0.1 includes GS/OS 4.02.

To remember that ROM 2.0 is actually referring to the ROM 01 is way
easier to keep track of than all the differenct versions of the System
Software/ProDOS 16/GS/OS versions.  At least with the ROM numbering
you don't  need a database to remember it.  :-)

But it all boils down to the fact that they are both quite confusing.

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