Re: Woz IIgs ROM version?

[nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates)]

In article <645h2e$6fo@examiner.concentric.net>,
Cameron Kaiser  <cdkaiser@delete.these.four.words.concentric.net> wrote:
>I apologize if this is FAQqed.

   It is; drop by http://www.visi.com/~nathan/a2/faq/csa2.html section
2.6 on the GS.

>Some friends and I just came into a Woz IIgs that the school we work for
>was getting rid of. Knowing vaguely that ROM versions differ, we tried to
>find the ROM version of it but couldn't find it on bootup or in the
>Control Panel.

   If it doesn't note the rom version on poweron (the same screen with
"Apple IIgs" on it), it's the oldest, ROM 00. You'll need to upgrade
that before you can run any recent (1988 or so) GS software on it;
Apple essentially shipped buggy beta ROMs out the door. They used to
provide free upgrades to rom 01, but that's apparently stopped.

>If we need to upgrade, who could we contact?

   Alltech Electronics (http://www.allelec.com/, 760-724-2404 orders,
760-724-8808 FAX, 2618 Temple Heights, Oceanside CA, 92056;
info@allelec.com) sells the ROM 01 upgrade chip.

>While on the subject, is anyone selling a colour monitor we could use with
>this? Or will any composite monitor do?

   Composite monitors will work decently well unless you use the
80-column text mode-- that tends to be a bit blurry.

Nathan Mates

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