Re: Different versions of ROM 01 GS?

[labelas@hotmail.com (Labelas Enoreth)]

> Yes, if you don't switch to "Your Card" in the control panel,
> the card can lie dormant in the slot and not disable the
> firmware function.
...
> Basically, if you have IIGS specific cards, you can use a
> slot and a port at the same time.  Only the older IIe style
> cards require you to disable a port for a slot.
Hmm. Well, I guess the PCT, <random IIe CPM cards> and a couple others I
have fit in that category...
What about the Apple HS SCSI card?
And I'm assuming that on the cold, dark day that I finally get a
ColorSwitch card to use with my PCT (rather than trying to wire up a CGA
cable for an external monitor) it will be a GS-specific type card since,
well...it is, right? How about the Apple II Memory card? I mean, if it's
just gonna be a 1mb ramdisk, I won't bother...maybe...but if I can squeeze
another 1mb into the GS with this otherwise unused card...

> Another interesting thing: some IIGS aware programs like
> ProTERM 3.1 let you use a port even if the corresponding
> slot is set to "Your Card!"  For example, if you had a PC
> Transporter in slot 2 and permanently set "Your Card" for
> slot 2 in the control panel, you will lose the modem port right?
> Wrong if you have ProTERM 3.1.  ProTERM 3.1 will keep
> seeing the modem port even if the control panel is set to
> "Your Card."  That means you can use the PCT and the
> modem (with ProTERM) without accessing the control
> panel to change a setting.
Of course, I wouldn't be able to use the modem port within the DOS
environment on the PC...but hey, more reason for me to get GS-native
programs like ProTERM...someday when I have money. (ProTERM's one of the
commercial ones, right?)
 
> By the way, did you know the PC Transporter can see
> the ADB mouse?  ;-)
Of course, there's only like 5 programs I can think of that would run on
the PCT and require a mouse, but hey...good to know.

Oh, and _were_ there any differences, other than the plugs and the fan,
between the two versions of the ROM 01 boards I have? I mean, it seems
like the plugs would be earlier, but why no fan in the 'later' one? Did it
cause any problems? (I remember the first AppleCD SC drives had a fan in
them, and Apple issued a thing for people to go and have them
removed...they'd just suck dust into the drive onto the disc and laser
making it unreliable or something) Not that it's that problem, but you
know, along those lines or something...maybe interference or...?