Re: how to tell rom 01 from 03 GS ????

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

In article erik@hypermall.com (Erik Kloeppel) writes...
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>> afn07038@freenet.ufl.edu (Robert G. Marsh) wrote:
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>> >Hi, how do I tell, with no monitor, if an apple //gs is a rom 01 or a rom 
>> >03 ?????
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>isn't it printed on the MB?  at least, the ROM 3?

	No, not quite. There is nothing silk-laced which tells you the specific
ROM version (would have been silly, had there been a ROM upgrade done in future)
although you can identify it by this printing:

ROM 01 motherboard: Silk-laced is wording "Apple //GS"
ROM 3  motherboard: Silk-laced is working "Apple IIgs"
	
	Generally though, if you've previously seen and are famillar with the
ROM 00/01 motherboard, you should have no difficulty identifying a ROM 3
motherboard. There are numerous visual differences (battery, Fast-RAM, CYA/FPI,
Ensoniq, VGC, ROM firmware, ADB microcontroller, etc. And most of the mother-
board has been revamped).
	
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Mitchell Spector
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