Re: Apple IIGS motherboard in an Apple IIe case

[grent@comcast.net]

On Mar 13, 9:17 pm, "Polymorph" <polymorp...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> On Mar 14, 11:50 am, "magnusfalkirk" <dean.pha...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > On Mar 13, 7:23 pm, "Polymorph" <polymorp...@hotmail.com> wrote:
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> > > On Mar 14, 11:16 am, "magnusfalkirk" <dean.pha...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > > Greetings,
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> > > > I just bought an Apple IIGS motherboard through Ebay and I won't know
> > > > until I get it whether it's a ROM 01 or ROM 03. My question is: how
> > > > hard would it be to replace the IIe motherboard in my current Apple II
> > > > with the IIGS motherboard? Also will the IIe power supply work with
> > > > the IIGS motherboard or should I plan on getting a new power supply
> > > > ASAP? I'm not overly worried about playing IIGS games, but there are a
> > > > couple IIe games that work better from 3.5 that I want to be a ble to
> > > > play, like Silvern Castle (which I can only run from an Apple IIGS
> > > > emulator at the moment) and Destination Mars!
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> > > > Thanks for any help in advance,
> > > > Dean
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> > > Dean,
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> > > I performed this "operation" about 12 months ago and documented what I
> > > did. My daughter loves it.
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> > > Have a read here:http://home.kooee.com.au/mike_stephens/
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> > > You might want to use more "professional" tools like a dremel for
> > > cutting, but I simply used what was at hand.  :-)
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> > > cheers,
> > > -p
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> > Polymorph,
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> > Thanks for the info! Your site is just what I needed. I'll probably
> > enlist the help of my neighbor to make the modifications to the case.
> > Of course if the motherboard is a ROM 03 it might take more work but
> > it should still work, it might just take a little more work to make it
> > happen.
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> > Thanks again,
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> Dean,
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> If its a ROM 03 board then you will not have the keyboard solder
> points and I don't know how you'd go about attaching the //e keyboard
> in this case. If it is possible (I'm not even sure it is), it would be
> fairly difficult. You could always plug an ADB keyboard into the usual
> IIgs socket, but it would look a bit weird having the //e keyboard
> (not functional) in addition to an ADB keyboard.
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> You really want a ROM 01 board for this upgrade. Fingers crossed you
> get a ROM 01.  ;-)
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> cheers,

You really need a WOZ ROM 01. Regular ROM O1 usually do not have the
keyboard plug in the center. Some of the Woz IIgs that are sold do not
have a Woz rom 01 in them.

Take Care