Re: Please help me pick out a II GS

["Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net>]

CHRIS MORSE <chris@invalid.net> wrote in message
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> I've got an Apple //c+ and plan on picking up an Apple //e (Platinum)
> and an Apple II GS.  I had some questions about the //GS.
>
> (1)  Should I get a ROM 03?  Does it really matter?  What's "wrong"
> with a ROM 01 GS?

The rom3 let's you use some of the slots as setup in control rom and as
your card. For example I have a SCSI card in slot 4 and can use the mouse.
The rom1 can't do that. There are other things too like, rom1 has 256k ram
onboard and rom3 has 1 meg+ onboard. Other things differ as well, but I'm
not presently equipped to tell you what they are.

> (2) What sort of GS memory card?  I've seen a bunch on eBay that say
> fully populated, and it means 1MB.  Can't you get up to an 8MB card? I
> think I saw another one recently that was 4MB.

4 mb ram in a rom3 would be sufficient for most apps. AllTech has an 8 mb
card with 2 mb onboard, you can add 30 pin simms to attain the 8 mb.

> I figure since I have a couple months before I'll be able to really
> use it, I'd like to take my time and find a good GS.

Sure, take your time, there are plenty of them around, cheap too.

> Thanks for any help and info!
> // CHRIS
>
Bill @ GarberStreet Enterprises
http://garberstreet.netfirms.com



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