//c Upgrade

[lsonna@welchlink.welch.jhu.edu (LARRY ALLEN SONNA)]

Hello...I'm in the process of upgrading my old Apple //c (with first edition
ROM (FF) and 5.25" drive) and I have a few questions:

1. Reading through these files, I learned that, in order to get a Modem
	to work at anything >300 baud, I needed a dealer-installed //c upgrade.
	I called our local dealer (who still supports the // line!), and
	was told that what I need is a ROM upgrade.  Now, I was under the
	impression that the entire motherboard needed to be swapped  - can
	anyone here clarify this for me?
2. With this dealer-installed upgrade, will I be able to buy a 3.5" disk drive
	that I can just "plug and play", or will I need some extra fiddling
	with the Motherboard to do so?
3. I currently only have 128K of RAM, and AppleWorks 4.0 recommends at least
	256K.  I was surprised to find a company that offers a 1 MB RAM
	upgrade for $149, but they need to know what type of //c motherboard
	I have (the one with the expansion slot vs. the one with the CPU/MMU
	held in place by sockets vs. the one with the CPU/MMU soldered to the
	motherboard; I have the second type).  My question is - if the free
	//c upgrade involves a motherboard swap, which of the three board
	types will I end up with?
4. Boca Research sells a 14.4kb external modem that I can buy from
	Global Horizons for <$200 (new - such a deal!).  Does anyone know
	if ProTerm 3.1 can drive this modem (I need something that can
	go at least at 9600 bps)...

Thanks in advance....

Larry A. Sonna