Re: Woz --> ROM 1

[dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)]

In article <cf-1408960142480001@ppp1-5.calvacom.fr>,
cf@calvanet.calvacom.fr (Cedric Filhol) wrote:

>I got an old GS (Woz Limited) that is unable to run system 6.0.1. Do you
>known where to find the ROM 1 upgrade in France where I am living ? (Or
>even in Europe).

Sorry, can't help there.  You might be able to mail-order ROM version 1
from Alltech Electronics.

>I don't have any hard disk for the GS and my goal is to use my Mac one via
>Appletalk. Do you think that is reasonable or am I totaly insane ?

Reasonable, but only if you are happy enough with floppy drive speeds.  A
local hard drive is considerably faster.  In addition, you cannot boot the
IIgs over the network unless the Mac is running the full AppleShare file
server software.  System 7's File Sharing supports networked access to
files from a IIgs, but not booting from the file server.

>Maybe I don't need the ROM1 upgrade ? Can an older system run on the Woz
>Limited AND use Appletalk ?

(A "Woz limited edition" IIgs might be a ROM 1 if it has already been
upgraded, as mine has, for example.  Call it a "ROM 0" to avoid
confusion.)

The last version of the IIgs system software which supports ROM version 0
is System 3.2.  This includes AppleTalk printer and file server support,
though it is not as nice as the implementation in System 5.0 and later.

System 4.0 was the first IIgs system disk which included GS/OS.  Previous
versions use the older and slower ProDOS-16 operating system.

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