Re: Production Apple IIgs in IIe case EBay ad- Wha

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PD>Rubywand wrote:
PD>>
PD>>      As you can see, "knowledgeable friend" addition includes a claim
PD>> that the GS is a ROM-01. How can the friend be sure of this? At the time
PD>> of the early IIe-->IIgs conversions, the motherboard would normally be a
PD>> ROM-00 version. A ROM-00, of course, requires the ROM-01 upgrade
PD>> ($29.00) in order to run modern GS software.
PD>>
PD>>      If the friend is someone who booted the machine and verified that
PD>> it is a ROM-01 GS, fine. If the friend is just someone who saw the ad,
PD>> then, most likely, the poor bidders are being misinformed.


PD>Now I think about it, I believe it's the other way round.
PD>We all know that there were upgrade kits for Apple //es, including the
PD>"IIgs" sticker, so that an upgraded //e DOES look like the one in the
PD>picture.
PD>We also know that there were NO Apple IIgss in Apple //e cases produced
PD>by Apple (to the best of our knowledge, that is. Anyone cares to put us
PD>right?).

PD>My conclusion is that the poor SELLER was misinformed; that he didn't
PD>know about upgrade kits and that he honestly thought that he had a
PD>"super rare" Apple IIgs.
PD>And when the "knowledgable friend" tried to rectify this, his
PD>explanation didn't replace the original text (as he intended) but simply
PD>got stuck to the end of it by mistake.

PD>And the confusion of it being a ROM 00 or a ROM 01 isn't an issue. If it
PD>was a ROM 00 originally, it could well have been upgraded. Or do you
PD>mean that there should be a price difference between ROM 00 and ROM 01
PD>machines?

PD>--
PD>Pim Blokland
PD>if replying by e-mail, replace the DOT in my name with a dot.





i have one of the conversion kits...the ones for the //e to gs in a //e
case..they were all rom 01's i believe..they came between the woz gs's
and the rom 01 gs's so the rom 01 fixes were put in place

(still think someone with metal working capablilites should stamp out
some backplates for gs motherboard in the //e case..so anyone could do
an upgrade....bet they'd sell even now)

brad
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