Re: Apple Computer, What Are You Up To?

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

Supertimer writes ...
> 
> "Milind Limaye" <mlimaye@kdsi.net> wrote:
> 
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> >
> >Urg...I have a ROM 01 machine and just put a bid in on Ebay for a ROM 03
> >machine because of 1. the increased memory and 2. someone saying that it ran
> >a bit faster because of more stuff in ROM...when you say a "number" of
> >favorite oldies, what are we talking about here?  Old copyprotected Apple //
> >software, or what?  All the //gs specific stuff still runs?  And could you
> >give me any titles that don't work on the Rom 03 machine?
> 
> I've encountered a grand total of one program that does not work,
> namely Photonix from FTA.  Everything else runs fine, even an
> old copy of Tetris GS, which was around before the ROM 03 was
> released.
> 
> Everything else that I have that runs on a ROM 01 unit also runs
> on a ROM 03 and that's a lot of stuff.  I'd venture to say that >99%
> of the stuff written for the IIGS will work in both ROM 01 and
> ROM 3 units.  Of the <1% that does not work, probably 99% of
> that are demos such as the FTA wrote because the ROM 3 had
> an enhanced floppy port that was a bit faster in ProDOS 8.  FTA
> did rewrite most of their stuff to be ROM 3 friendly, though, which
> is why the famous stuff like Nucleaus, Modulae, Bouncing 'Ferno,
> etc., all have working ROM 3 aware versions.
> 
> If it can be installed on a hard drive, then it will almost certainly
> run on both ROM 01 and ROM 3 units.
> 
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     Probably. Again, the main concern would be with using older major games, etc.
booted from original diskettes. With a ROM-01, you _know_ they are supposed to
work. With a ROM 3, you can not be sure. That is one of the big advantages of
guaranteed compatibility.

     Anyway, in this particular case, we are talking about getting a second GS.
Someone who already owns a ROM-01 GS should, logically, go for a ROM 3.



Rubywand