Re: IIc Memory..

[mdj <mdj.mdj@gmail.com>]

On Feb 2, 2:42 pm, Mitchell Spector <mitch...@hotmail.com> wrote:

>     It isn't necessarily unable to report the correct size, it just
> MAY have issues with some RAM configurations and chip
> types from what I recall. No harm giving it a try.
>
>     The ROM 4 improved the detection scheme so it was
> more or less flawless. There were two other issues corrected,
> having to do with the serial port and keyboard buffering.
> If anyone is interested in all the hardware and firmware
> differences between the various IIc's, I covered it in the
> Wikipedia article I wrote up for the Apple IIc. I gave
> the IIc Plus it's own separate article, and the pictures
> are of the IIc Plus from my collection. :)

I thought the ROM03 incorrectly reported size in the absence of a card
as well ?

> > I don't remember if the '03 has the beige or platinum
> >keyboard.
>
>     Definitely platinum, or really, light grey keycaps (they
> also changed the coloring of the floppy drive's door latch
> and the cabling on external powersupply). The ROM 3
> was introduced the same day as the Apple IIgs.
>
>     Someone here once claimed there was a late model
> ROM 4 that had a platinum *case*, though any I've seen
> (apart from the IIc Plus) have all been snow-white so I
> think it's just a myth.

Mine was built late 1987 and is definitely white, so I think this is
false. Thanks for the tip on the self test - my IIc tech ref only
covers up to the 3.5" ROM, and I have only the user-level doc for the
Apple slinky card. I admit I've never actually read it.

Matt