Re: Getting an Apple IIGS ..

[rob <rob@nospam.net>]

On 23 Jul 2006 12:32:09 -0700, "Chris Morse" <win32mfc@gmail.com>
wrote:

>
>Linards Ticmanis wrote:
>>
>> The only ROM upgrade that's really a ROM upgrade is from ROM 00 to ROM
>> 01. From ROM 01 to ROM 3 you can only go by a motherboard swap, since
>> much more than just the ROM is different.
>
>Thanks.  I pretty much figured that part out from reading the FAQs this
>morning.
>>From what I understand, functionally, a ROM 01 and ROM 03 are pretty
>much
>the same except the ROM 03 systems have 1.25MB RAM stock, whereas the
>ROM 01 has 256k.  I think I read that GS/OS patches the ROM when it
>loads.
>So besides the extra RAM, there's not a big functional difference
>between 01 and 03?
>
>// CHRIS


I hate to nitpick but the ROM 3 IIgs shipped with 1.125MB (1MB +
128KB) and not 1.25MB.