Re: IIe, IIgs, Mac LC-II hardware compatibility questions.

[Roy and/or Janet Miller <millers@inetnebr.com>]

Dennis Jenkins wrote:

> > > 4) What does 'Woz limited edition' mean?
> >
> > The first few thousand Apple IIgs machines off the production line were
> > stamped with this legend.  The consensus here is was probably the first
> > 50,000.  (About one million IIgs machines were made over its entire
> > lifetime.)
>
> > The ROM and VGC were free upgrades in 1997 but are no longer available.
>
> This GS cannot be upgraded, but it is a 'Woz limited edition'...  I have
> no idea what to do.  Is the Woz edition worth more than a ROM 03 IIgs?
> I like the rareness of it, but if it sucks for usability...

As is, it's a fast //e with lots of memory. If you can find a ROM 01
motherboard, you can either swap, or swap the chips (so far as I know they
aren't soldiered on the 01 motherboard). My Woz was upgraded, and I have a ROM 3
motherboard inside another Woz case.

Roy