Re: IIgs upgrade options

[danb@pro-sol.cts.com (Dan Brown)]

In <1gjq3cINN6d6@agate.berkeley.edu>
bing@zinc.cchem.berkeley.edu (Bing Ho) writes:

>I picked up one of the mags still around for the Apple II and some mail
>order places mention version 3.0 ROMS, and I've poked around on ftp.apple.com
>and have seen gs-os 6.0.  Is this upgrade worth it and should I go to the
>new operating system?

        The 3.0 ROMs you're seeing are certainly not for a GS per se; perhaps
for a RAMFast SCSI Card.  Yes, you should get System 6, but you might want to
visit a local user group and get it for free instead of spending $40 to buy
the whole package.  A ROM 3 GS has more RAM than a ROM 01, and a few more
toolsets built in.  Functionally, under System 6, that's about the only
difference.

>Also, I only have 512k of ram and I've been led on to believe that the last
>gs-specific programs required more ram than that.  What can I afford along
>with this ROM upgrade?

        You absolutely need more RAM.  For under $150, you can bring your
machine up to 4 megs, which is sufficient for most purposes.  If you don't
want to spend that much, I'd be happy to take the machine for what you paid
for it...  B-)

>Thanks for any help anybody can offer me.

        You're welcome.  :-)

>Bing Ho
>bing@zinc.cchem.berkeley.edu   University of California, Berkeley   

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