Re: What does the IIgs ROM 3 manual look like?

[dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)]

william strutts <wrstrutts1@nospam.home.com> wrote:

> "Howe Family" <khowe@omninet.net.au> wrote in message
> khowe-CAC1D7.15101326082001@news.per.paradox.net.au">news:khowe-CAC1D7.15101326082001@news.per.paradox.net.au...
> > In article <toh10m1fb6u5f6@corp.supernews.com>, "Jason Whorton"
> > <REMOVEjason@microxl.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Hello.  I have been looking for a IIgs ROM 3 owner's manual, but I am
> not
> > > sure what it looks like.  I thought it was the one with the black and
> > > white
> > > cover, with the multi-colored manual being for the ROM 0 or 1, but that
> > > is
> > > not the case.  Anyone have any clues or have one for sale?
> > >
> >
> > The cover has a greyscale photo of a GS with the caption: "Apple IIGS
> > with 1 megabyte of RAM".
> >
> > It has the coloured Apple logo in the top left corner and is called,
> > "Apple IIGS�  Owner's Reference".
> >
> > I have one copy which I plan on keeping. I have converted the first 189
> > pages to html to go with the other GS manuals at
> > http://www.educate.net.au/~apple2/manuals/index.html
> >
> > I haven't done any further work on that project in some time, I've been
> > writing GS software instead, but I still hope to finish it one day.
> >
> >
> What is the difference in the manual other than the cover? I have
> a copy of the ROM 1 manual that I found at a thrift store but I
> haven't seen any IIgs manuals lately.

The ROM 3 manual ("Apple IIgs Owner's Reference") covers a lot more than
the original manual ("Apple IIgs Owner's Guide").  The main addition is
complete documentation on the GS/OS user interface (including Finder) as
of System 5.  This makes the manual at least twice as thick as the
original one.

There is one notable omission: the later manual doesn't show the pinouts
of the connectors.