Re: AppleIIGS ROM versions & HDs

[crash!vmbb!pro-newton!pro-dan!danb (Dan Brown)]

In <marc.teusch-100894101202@diamac1.crpht.lu>
marc.teusch@crpht.lu (Marc Teusch) writes:

>questions to you, the power users :
>
>1) ROM upgrade.
>			I have ROM verion 01 installed. Is there a newer version?

        The newer version is ROM 3.  However, there is no upgrade between the
two short of swapping the motherboard.  Only a few features are gained by
this anyway, chief being an extra meg of RAM.  The ROM 01 is compatible with
everything.

>2) Harddisk connection
>    Is there a (cheap) possibility to connect a SCSI drive to my old IIGS?

        How cheap?  For a new drive, you can easily spend over US$500, but
used equipment is frequently available.  For a SCSI card, check out
comp.sys.apple2.marketplace.  The RamFAST SCSI is the best and fastest, but
the Apple cards are certainly usable.

>3) New System software
>    How can I make a system startup disk which fits on a 800k disk 
>    (no SCSI drive yet). And where do I get the latest GS system software ?

        Such a disk is included in the system software archive on
ftp.apple.com, in /dts/aii/...

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Dan Brown
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