Re: //c hardware trivia...

[shack@deimos.frii.com (Randy Shackelford)]

In article <4n63sp$pc0@colossus.csl.mtu.edu>,
Joshua P. Onge <jponge@mtu.edu> wrote:
>Nathan Raymond (xray@cs.brandeis.edu) wrote:
>: I've read in various places some trivia about //c's that has turned out,
>: it seems, to be not entirely true!
>
>: From the same document, under memory expansion //c (ROM 03 and ROM 04):
>
>: "Platinum grey plastic casing;"
>
>: I have come across a verified ROM 03 //c bought in December 1986 from
>: Computer Town in Salem, NH, not modified in any way, which has a WHITE
>: case.
>
>So, it isn't just me then.  My IIc has the old white case, but it appears,
>from peeks and stuff, that it is a ROM 03, or at least a unidisk IIc. 
>Another thing in that article is that it says a ROM 3 will print
>"AppleTalk inactive" or some other stuff when you PR#7.  Well this doesn't
>work, I guess because the mouse in slot seven, and they moved it to slot 4
>later I've heard to put an appletalk network in 7.  Hey, maybe my IIc had
>the upgrade before.  I'm not sure, 'cause I bought it used from a dead
>guys estate sale.  Maybe I'll open her up and take a look.
>
>: Just thought I'd share the info, since I haven't caught anyone mentioning
>: these anomalies before.  :)

Are you calling the memory expandable //c that came out in '86 right after
the IIgs a ROM 3? If so, then you mean a white cased //c with grey keys. No
//c's were grey, only //c pluses. This is the only //c revision with the mouse
in slot 7. This is because they decided to put the memory card in slot 4.
All previous //c revisions have the mouse in slot 4 and varying stuff in slot
7, including rudimentary Appletalk and the way to boot from an external 5.25
drive.