Re: UPDATE: Apple IIGS motherboard in an Apple IIe case

[heuser.marcus@freenet.de]

On Apr 13, 7:41 am, "magnusfalkirk" <dean.pha...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Would it make sense to swap out the motherboards in the GS
> after I get it, if it does turn out to be a ROM 1 version?

Yes. Especially if you don't have much RAM as the ROM3 has
a full additional megabyte onboard.
This point is moot if you get a RAM expansion with 8MB, as the
GS can't address more than 8MB in either ROM version, AFAIK.

There are indeed quite a few differences - and there are dozens
of postings in CSA2 (search via GoogleGroups) about this:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.apple2/search?group=comp.sys.apple2&q=gs+differences+rom

See here for the games/demos that don't run (though it's
of course possible that this is not complete):
http://home.swbell.net/rubywand/Csa2GAMES.html#005

IMHO none of the mentioned titles are worth going back to
a ROM1 - but YMMV.

And of course you'll also have your ROM1 board as a spare
should the need ever arise.


> By the way, I'll probably be selling the IIe after I've got the GS
> setup, in case anyone is interested.

Why you want to sell? The differences between a IIe and
a IIgs (in compatibility mode) are far greater than between
a ROM1 and ROM3.
In the worst case you could keep it as a testbed for expansion
cards to see if they behave correctly before you put them
into your lovely ROM3 GS! ;-)

bye
Marcus