Re: Wanted Volume III IIGS Toolbox

[dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)]

Dan Foster <dsf@globalcrossing.net> wrote:

> In article <ThQj9.162578$216.6007348@bin4.nnrp.aus1.giganews.com>,
> Bryan Parkoff <BParkoff@satx.rr.com> wrote:
> >There is no volume III but only volume I and II.
> 
> There is indeed a Volume III (and a subsequent small update to it!)
> that mostly covers the ROM03 toolbox changes and new tools.

Not just ROM 3 - it documents all the new features of System 5.0, as
well as several changes to the toolbox which occurred in System 3.x and
4.0.

There were two later supplements published through Byte Works which
covered toolbox and GS/OS changes in System 6 (also covering minor
changes in 5.0.4) and 6.0.1.

> (Remember, ROM03 had a *lot* more of the toolsets migrated from the System
> Disk into ROM, partly in order to free up RAM as well as introduce more
> functionality that could be counted on, and to cut the loading time.)

ROM 3 has most of System 5.0 in ROM, including many of the high level
toolsets like the Window Manager.  You get most of the same
functionality on a ROM 1 IIgs by booting System 5 (or later).

By comparison, ROM 1 has the first 13 toolsets from System 2.0 in ROM,
and they require an increasing number of patches as you run later system
versions.

Similarly, ROM 0 has the first 13 toolsets from System 1.0 in ROM.

-- 
David Empson
dempson@actrix.gen.nz