Re: rom 1 to rom 3 upgrade

[cxdb14@wsuhub.uc.twsu.edu (RANDY)]

In article <1992Dec25.060210.17381@news.weeg.uiowa.edu>, beattie@news.weeg.uiowa.edu (Scott Beattie) writes:
> sharris@chopin.udel.edu (Scott A Harris) writes:

>>Is is possible to get a rom 1 gs upgraded to a rom 3 anymore?  I asked
>>the dealer where the computer was bought and they more or less laughed 
>>at me.  
> 
> There never was a ROM 1 to ROM 3 upgrade...the only way you could achieve that
> would be to somehow get a ROM 3 motherboard and swap, which wouldn't be worth
> the trouble in my opinion.

Sez you. I got a low dollar secondhand ROM 3 and swapped the board into my
signature edition case. Let's see: Appletalk in slots 1 or 2, 1 mb more memory,
step and trace monitor commands that actually work, sticky keys and keyboard
mouse in hardware, twice as many toolsets in ROM where they run faster, a
battery that's not soldered to the board, ability to reset the RAM disk size
without running system diagnostics, the satisfaction of having the newest
Apple II there wil ever be - those are a few advantages I can name right off
the top of my head. I think it was definitely worth it.
If you want a ROM 3 I would try one of the mail order places which sell parts
and secondhand machines.
 
>>On another strange note, I'm trying to run system 6 and 5 on the rom 1
>>and it tells me that a rom 01 or later is needed to run the system. 
>>Does this mean that there was a gs prior to rom 1?

Sounds like you have a ROM 0 to me. 
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Randy
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