Re: Apple IIgs Gaming Questions

[Andy McFadden <fadden@fadden.com>]

Tempest <tempest@atariprotos.com> wrote:
>>>Are you using a Disk ][ interface card or the smartport connector?
> The
> $C600 boot ROM changed, so some custom boot loaders don't work.
> Cracked
> versions of the games work fine.
> 
> Smartport I believe.  It's daisy chained with 2 3.5" drives.   Was the
> boot ROM only changed in ROM 03?  Would using a Disk II card fix the
> problem?

It's changed in ROM 01.  The classic example is an inability to boot Drol.

I believe using an actual Disk ][ card fixes the problem, but I haven't
tried one in a while.

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