Re: FS: Apple II GS

[spec@vax2.concordia.ca (Mitchell Spector)]

In article MarkWesty@hotmail.com writes...

>The ROM 0 WAS the origionial IIgs. It came before the ROM 1 or ROM 3. It
>had some bugs in the ROM though, and Apple at one time offered a free
>upgrade to the ROM 1.

    The original ROM firmware had more than just random bugs, it 
contained System 1.0 toolsets (very early, mostly beta-ish) and
the maximum RAM Disk size was only 4096K. It also lacked a simple
way to load the built-in the programmer CDA's into memory, or a
Monitor command to put the 65C816 into 16-bit native mode.

    The biggest drawback is the 'ROM 00' has not been supported 
by Apple or 3rd party programmers for at least a decade now. Most
GS-specific software written after late 1987 will not run -- that
includes System 4.0 and up (all versions of GS/OS). The original
ROM is still quite suitable though, if you use the machine _only_
as an Apple IIe compatible.

Mitchell Spector
spec@vax2.concordia.ca