Re: ROM3 Upgrade

[qsilver@moose.erie.net (Salvatore Buttice)]

Frank R Petroski (petroski@mwunix.mitre.org) wrote:
: I have a ROM1 IIGS, with a whole bunch of stuff.  I never thought about 
: getting the ROM3 upgrade until last night when I started looking
: at using Appletalk to share a folder on a Mac I bought for the kids for
: Christmas (and share the printer too).  It looks like I have to give up two
: slots on my ROM 1 System (Slot 7 and either 1 or 2 for the connector).
: But I had my Vulcan controller in 7, and I have an Appledisk3.5 using 5 
: and an : Appledisk 5.25 in 7, and a direct connect printer on slot 1.

OK, I'm not sure about this, but I think that you set slot2 to or 1 to 
mycard, and Slot 7 to Appletalk. At this point, put your Vulcan 
controller in the slot that you have sacrificed. Hook the appletalk cable 
up to the port that is with that slot.
 
Now that I've completely confused you... :)
 
Set SLOT1 to MYCARD. Set SLOT7 to AppleTalk. Put the Vulcan card in 
SLOT1, and connect the AppleTalk cabling to the Printer port. You should 
now have access to the Appletalk, and your vulcan should show up in 
SLOT1. No guarentees on this, as I've never done it, but I seem to 
remember that since you lose the printer port, you gain the slot. 

: It looks like with ROM3 I only have to give up slot 1 or slot 2.  Is there 
: anyplace where you can get the upgrade done anymore?  What's involved?
: Is it just a ROM, or is it a motherboard change too?

ROM3 is a whole new motherboard. From the little I've seen, it's not 
worth it at all, due to incompatibility problems with some of the 
programs. So far as I know, Apple has discountinued it, but you might be 
able to buy the motherboard from Shreve systems or another decent 
remarketter.

...Sal


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