Re: ROM 00/01 to 03 upgrade on an IIe upgraded to a IIgs?

[scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us (Scott Alfter)]

In article <UOudnS6ZdOFEcLfMnZ2dnUVZ_gKdnZ2d@insightbb.com>,
Jayson Smith <ihatespamratguynospamplease@insightbb.spamsucks.com> wrote:
>I've recently been in contact with someone who has an IIe upgraded to an 
>IIgs. He has 256K of RAM, so that almost certainly means he doesn't have a 
>ROM 03. Both of us are blind. I've never seen an IIe upgraded to an IIgs so 
>don't know how those work. Does it use a completely standard IIgs 
>motherboard? In other words, if we were to find an IIgs ROM 03 motherboard, 
>could he do a motherboard transplant?

You can't easily put a ROM 3 IIGS motherboard in a IIe case.  A ROM 00 or
ROM 01 motherboard will work, but you might need to add connectors for the IIe
power supply and keyboard (and keypad, too, if you have one of those); those
connectors usually (I think) were only installed on motherboards intended
for IIe-to-IIGS upgrade use.  Mine came with the power-supply and keyboard
connectors; after picking up an external keypad, I added the connector for
that.

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