Re: Buying a used IIgs ...

[herbertf@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Herbert Fung)]

Previously  unknown@apple.com (Matt Ackeret) wrote:
 
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>Another noticable difference is that you won't ever be able to crash a
>ROM 3 so you have to turn off the machine and turn it back on... That
>happens on ROM 1s.  This is much more minor than the first one, it's
>worth pointing out though. (it's slightly aggravating not being able to
>^openapple-reset out of one of those oh-so-rare crashes.. heh heh)
 
I doubt that is true. I have on several occasions been unable to reset my
ROM 3 GS after it crashed, I admit that it doesn't happen very often.
What really irks me about the ROM 3 GS when it crashes, is that it
sometimes takes whatever is in the ramdisk with it.
 
>That said, basically the only other advantages the ROM 3 has is "more
>slots" effectively, since the mouse works from desktop apps even if slot
>4 is set to "your card" and you don't have to use BOTH (slot 1 or slot
>2) and slot 7 for Appletalk.  If your machine isn't filled with cards,
>this is probably irrelevant.
 
This turned out to be the most important feature for me. Right now I only
have slot 5 unoccupied. One of these days I'm gonna have to get rid of my
Vulcan and get a Pegasus. That would free up another slot for me.
 

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Herbert Fung              herbertf@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca