Re: Apple IIgs in a IIe

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"Roger Johnstone" <bhmhome@es.co.nz> wrote:

>>David Chiu wrote about idiots on ebay selling IIgs/IIe conversions as
>>IIgs prototypes.
>>
>>Stefan Miganowicz replied:
>>> 
>>> Here's one on e-bay now:
>>> http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=158465616
>>> :)
>>
>>I'm not sure about that one. If the seller is telling the truth it
>>appears to have an odd set of firmware. Perhaps it was a development
>>system of some sort.
>>
>>Liam Busey
>
>It certainly looks like a real prototype. The PCB is blue and the ROM is on
>4 chips on a daughterboard. Also it boots up with Apple IIBF, this was an
>early name for the IIGS. Does anyone know what the BF stood for? Was it a
>code name or was it just changed to GS before release because it sounded
>better?

BF stands for "beta final" maybe?  Just before they froze the
firmware as ROM 0?