Re: ROM 02 GS??

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

In article <3frk8e$2bp@cello.gina.calstate.edu>,
Greg R. Achenbach <lacoss@cello.gina.calstate.edu> wrote:
> ab616@cfn.cs.dal.ca (Tony Cianfaglione) writes:
> > 
> >    A friend and I both own 'Woz' editon GS's, mine with 1.25 meg and his 4 
> > meg. When we use SlotScan to check the equipment, it tells us we
> > have ROM 02  and not ROM 01 GS's.
> > 
> >    What gives??
> 
> My guess is that SlotScan renumbers things to be a bit more logical.  
> Apple came out with three versions of the IIgs, numbered inexplicably 0,1 
> and 3.

Just to confuse things, Apple also refers to ROM 1 as "ROM 2" in some
of its technical notes.  Another example of this is the files TS2 and
TS3 on the system disk - TS2 is the patch file for ROM 1, TS3 is the
patch file for ROM 3.
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David Empson
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