Re: Apple IIGS ROM 1 or ROM 3, which is better?

[Mitchell Spector <mitch2gs@hotmail.com>]

"sfahey" <sfahey@a2central.com.remove-vmj-this> wrote:

>  To: magnusfalkirk
>  Re: Apple IIGS ROM 1 or ROM 3, which is better?
>  By: magnusfalkirk to comp.sys.apple2 on Sun Jul 01 2007 04:17 pm
>
> > So now my question is would it make sense to upgrade my IIGS with the
> > ROM 3 motherboard? What are the advantages and disadvantages? The fist
> > advantage that comes to my mind is the 1 meg of ram, and 256k ROM,
> > that are part of the ROM 3 board.
>
>It's a wash - the ROM 01 loads more tools into RAM during boot up but it is
>generally considered more compatible with older titles.
>
>Most developers I know prefer working with the 01.
>
>The ROM 3 is my preference, mostly because the machine is a little faster
>booting, and gives the most flexibility with slot management.

    When using the actual physical hardware, I prefer the ROM 3. 
In terms of software emulators however, I favour the ROM 01. 
(e.g. KEGS-32, Bernie, etc).

>This is probably more useful:
>
>http://stason.org/TULARC/pc/apple2/faq/13-020-What-advantages-does-the-ROM-3-GS
>-offer-vs-the-ROM-0.html

    I was going to chime and point to the list I wrote up and 
posted to comp.sys.apple2 a few years back, but I see 
you've already linked it.

    I welcome seeing it distributed around, however I'm a little 
disturbed to see it is crediting "Scott G." as the author!
Especially since he and I had a number of public disputes 
back a decade ago, over the misinformation he'd post.

Mitchell Spector