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Re: ROM1 --> ROM3 upgrade?



In article <isaksos-3107951526490001@isakson.198.159.in-addr.arpa>,
isaksos@macmail.mcgawpark.baxter.com (Steve Isakson) wrote:

> Can a IIgs with ROM1 be upgraded to ROM3?
> 
> I have a bunch of inherited IIgs (at work- yes, we actually use them), and
> most of them are ROM1.  One of them is ROM3 (I think), and I have heard
> that it's better.  I dunno much about these things, and I can't tell much
> difference.
> 
> What do I have to change to upgrade?  The motherboard on the ROM3 looks
> different- two ROM chips; RAM soldered down; other stuff.
> 
> What's different/better about a ROM3 machine?
> 
no upgrade possible - not much changed anyway, really.  SOme stuff was
moved into ROM (Or was it out?).  768K more RAM was soldered to the
Motherboard, and it\s electronically a bit less noisy.  I think there is
maybe ONE program in all of IIGS-land that cares about the difference.

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