Re: $1225 for an Apple IIGS???

["Herbert Fung" <lemonherb1@netscape.net>]

The difference between a ROM 00/01 motherboard and a ROM 3 are pretty easy
to spot.

The ROM 00/01 motherboard only has one ROM chip and is located directly
beside the CPU. The onboard battery is soldered to the motherboard located
on the left edge of the motherboad.

The ROM 3 motherboard has two ROM chips beside the CPU, and also has 8 RAM
chips behind the ROM chips. The onboard battery is in a case next to slot 1.

Now in that nutty auction the motherboard looks like a ROM 3 to me. The only
difference is that the RAM chips are in sockets instead of soldered on the
MB, and the ROM chips appear to be EPROMs instesd.

Now I remember earlier this year someone tried to auction a similar unit
with the claim of a low serial number with the assumption that it might have
been a pre-production prototype ROM 3. But I don't know how to prove that
either.

I've got pictures of both on this page. Ignore the fact that the CPU is
missing from the ROM 3 motherboard as I had pulled it out before I took the
picture.

http://www.members.shaw.ca/mystix/rom_mb.htm


"Jason Whorton" <jason@microxl.com> wrote in message
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> Hello.  Did the IIgs come with an RF adapter?  I thought those went to a
> IIc.
>     Also, does the sticker with the serial number say 1987 on it?  Didn't
> the IIgs come out in September of 1986?  If so, shouldn't it say 1986?
>     Is that really a ROM 03 motherboard?
>     The top of the case doesn't say "Woz" on it.  I thought there were
> supposed to be the first 50,000 as "Woz".
>     What color was the box of the first IIgs'?  I have a IIgs box and it
is
> in color, not like the semi-grayscale ones.
>
> Thank you,
> Jason Whorton
>
>
> "news.telus.net" <tom@spam.mediastep.com> wrote in message
> news:3THH9.40087$fk5.4057833@news0.telusplanet.net...
> >
> > "Herbert Fung" <lemonherb1@netscape.net> wrote in message
> > news:XKCH9.162868$ka.3638573@news1.calgary.shaw.ca...
> > > I looked over the bidders briefly and noticed that most of the higher
> > > bidders were from Japan, and one of them was from Italy.
> > >
> > > I wonder how much information they can find in their native languages
in
> > > regards to Apple II stuff.
> > >
> > > I know that in the end it's the bidders that determine the value of
this
> > > vintage hardware, but this one really was over inflated and most
likely
> > due
> > > to the bidder's not knowing enough information
> > >
> > >
> >
> > There are some overseas people collecting Apple ][s. Here is one
Japanese
> > site that sells Apple ][ collectibles:
> >
> > http://www.yumimac.com/sell/sellapple/sellapple.html
> >
> > Remove the last two digits from the price in Yen$, to get an approximate
> > US$.
> >
> > Tom
> >
> >
>
>