Re: UPDATE: Apple IIGS motherboard in an Apple IIe case

["Polymorph" <polymorph69@hotmail.com>]

On Apr 13, 3:41 pm, "magnusfalkirk" <dean.pha...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> It turned out the motherboard I got through Ebay is a ROM 3 board, so
> I won't be swapping out the motherboard in the IIe. However I've
> bought a GS through Ebay, it's just the computer itself (but I'd
> already bought a 3.5 drive after I got the other motherboard and,
> after getting the GS, a GS keyboard and mouse). I believe the GS is a
> ROM 1 version. Would it make sense to swap out the motherboards in the
> GS after I get it, if it does turn out to be a ROM 1 version? Of
> course I'll still need to get an RGB monitor, eventually, but that can
> wait for another day, in the mean time I'll use the composite monitor
> that I got with the IIe.
>
> By the way, I'll probably be selling the IIe after I've got the GS
> setup, in case anyone is interested.
>
> Dean

That depends. There is some older IIgs software (most notably some
games) that will not run on a ROM 3 IIgs due to some changes made to
the ROMs. However, there are quite a number of benefits for using a
ROM 3 too - namely, some minor bugs fixed (can't remember what they
are off hand), an additional 1Mb RAM, lower "noise" (electrical
interference) generated by the board, extra toolbox functionality
pushed into ROM (improved performance).

So, if you want to play some of the older games that do not work with
the ROM 3 then you may wish to stick with the ROM 1, however most
people would probably think that the positives for the ROM 3 are
sufficient to tip the scales in the ROM 3's favour. I know it did with
me.  :-)

In fact you could do what I did and put a ROM 3 into the IIgs case and
do the //e mod using the ROM 1 board and give your kids something to
play with (if you have kids?) - my daughter loves her IIgs and with it
being inside one of the early model //e cases it is almost
indestructible (man those original cases are rugged!).

Good luck in whatever you decide to do.

cheers,
-p