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

[<sysop@lost-gonzo.com>]

RU>Pim Blokland writes ...
RU>>
RU>> Rubywand wrote:

RU> ....

RU>> >
RU>> >      If the friend is someone who booted the machine and verified that
RU>> > it is a ROM-01 GS, fine. If the friend is just someone who saw the ad,
RU>> > then, most likely, the poor bidders are being misinformed.
RU>>
RU>> Now I think about it, I believe it's the other way round.
RU>> We all know that there were upgrade kits for Apple //es, including the
RU>> "IIgs" sticker, so that an upgraded //e DOES look like the one in the
RU>> picture.
RU>>
RU>> We also know that there were NO Apple IIgss in Apple //e cases produced
RU>> by Apple (to the best of our knowledge, that is. Anyone cares to put us
RU>> right?).
RU>>
RU>> My conclusion is that the poor SELLER was misinformed; that he didn't
RU>> know about upgrade kits and that he honestly thought that he had a
RU>> "super rare" Apple IIgs.

RU>     That is possible.


RU>> And when the "knowledgable friend" tried to rectify this, his
RU>> explanation didn't replace the original text (as he intended) but simply
RU>> got stuck to the end of it by mistake.
RU>>

RU>     We really do not know anything about the knowledgeable friend. It
RU>seems likely that he/she intended to add information and assumed the GS
RU>was a ROM-01 because he/she does not know there was an earlier "ROM-00"
RU>GS.

RU>     It is possible, too, that the seller meant to over-write the
RU>misleading "What's wrong with this picture?" blurb with the new
RU>information but botched the change.


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

RU> ....

RU>     Naturally, a ROM-01 is worth more than a ROM-00.

RU>     The add-on information confuses matters because it is not from the
RU>seller. Instead, it is merely quoted as though the seller has not a clue
RU>about the machine being sold and is depending upon "knowledgeable"
RU>information from some stranger.

RU>     It is possible that the machine has had the upgrade or is a ROM-01
RU>board installed in a IIe case. It had better be one or the other because
RU>the add-on info says it is a ROM-01 GS.


RU>     As you imply, it is possible that we a dealing with a collection of
RU>honest errors.



RU>Rubywand




i have such a //e to gs conver kit running my fv/metal bbs program as a
door off my www site/telnet site you can reach from the internet at
www.lost-gonzo.com or lost-gonzo.com

anyway..mine came with a rom 01 chip..i think all the apple // to gs
upgrade kits were rom 01...the only prob i've ever had with them is some
mem cards don't fit cause they don't have the /slant in the front..are
square and they physically don't fit in the case...other then that it
has worked flawlessly (except for burning out some //e power supplies)
since 1991 running with a twgs 14mhz upgrade card as a bbs door running
my old software on this site

whatever..my 2c worth

and everyone is talking about apple 2 hardware projects...a simple one
(steve bugie may be doing this) is to simply go to a metal works
shop..and get a back plate stamped out to with gs ports like this
upgrade kit has (actuall bottom of //e case and gs backplate port setup
for the //e kit...) in quanity you could sell this and with  mods to
//gs motherboard...you could remake a //gs kit for the //e cases

directions on how to mod the motherboard for the case/whatever..and
backplate..maybe even a sticker like the one i have that says //gs in
front on //e case rather then //e label

anyway steve buggie(sp?) on this newsgroup has a mod for this not sure
if a kit like this thou

anyway no copyright violations on this hardware mod on the case i'm
pretty sure

brad
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