re: Help Apple IIGS Roms

[FORDE@UV6.EGLIN.AF.MIL]

>Chris Welsh
>Department of Computing and Maths

cris@aragorn.cm.deakin.oz.au writes:

>Thankyou all for your speedy responses. I have just received info (Over the
>phone); the chip number for the Rom, but I cannot decipher which ROM 
>version it is.
 
[chip nums deleted]
 
>Also there is no extension memory board. Only 10 surface mount memory
>chips. Their Number is 41464. I guess from this there is only 640K on 
>board.

Nope.  Only 256k on this machine. 
 
>I am told the Machine is called Apple IIGS Limited Edition. Can you please
>confirm the configuration of this machine, and it's expandability (i.e. which
>(the latest) system will run on it with out a memory upgrade and which 
>version of ROM it currently has).
 
You could have either a ROM 0 or ROM 1 machine.  Boot any program and watch 
the bottom of the screen as it goes through the boot process.  If it says
"ROM 1" that's your answer.  If it says nothing at all, it's a ROM 0 
machine.  Without memory expansion you are limited to running ProDOS - ie. 
the same system software running on an Apple //e.  Nearly every program 
written for the GS requires at least 512k and most, including the latest 
GS/OS 6.0 release, require much more.  Memory expansion cards are 
"relatively" inexpensive and most can be bought in 'less than fully loaded' 
configurations which you can add to later on.

In the meantime, you could use it like a //e but that's sorta like hooking 
a Thoroughbred (okay, a Morgan) to a plow and wondering why your old 
plowhorse wasn't good enough.

Eric S. Ford
forde@uvg.eglin.af.mil