Re: woz IIgs question

[a_specto@alcor.concordia.ca (Mitchell Spector)]

thomas@pathlink.com (thomas) wrote:

>ok - was there ever such a thing as a Woz monitor, keyboard, mouse,
>etc. etc. or did the original Woz GS system only consisted of the
>'signature' case and 'regular' GS mouse/keyboard/drives/monitor. if
>you have 'Woz' edition mouse/keyboard/etc. could you please post some
>part numbers...

    No, the only unique part was the upper case lid (the extra
printing set on the right side--otherwise even the lid itself was
no different from plain ones).

    If you mailed away a form apparently, you also received a
"Woz: Limited Edition" certificate of authenticity. Here's a
scan of it if your curious...

http://www.macgeek.org/images/a2gscertwoz_72.jpg

    Basically it was a commemorative marking stamped on 
the first 50,000 or so Apple IIgs case lids (most likely those 
manufactured between 1986 and mid 1987; I ordered my 
IIgs in late 1987 and still received a plain cover lid). The
reason for it I believe, was Apple Computer's 10th year
anniversary at the time.

    The only other things you would have gotten with a
'Woz' stamped IIgs was the earliest ROM revision (00),
likely a faulty VGC chip (-1 or -A) and a low serial 
number printed under the case. Incidentally, I keep a
Woz cover on my ROM 3 setup, it's sort of a trendy
thing to do among IIgs users. :)

Mitchell Spector
a_specto@alcor.concordia.ca