Re: ROM 00 to ROM 01 upgrade

["Steve Q" <sqnospam@superbio.notrash>]

Hey, long time, no chat...ever get the ROM 01 to boot from AppleShare?

"Paul Grammens" <grammens@svn.net> wrote in message
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> You could program some eproms, but you'd need an expensive programmer.
The

That, we've got.  I just need to know the kinds of chips we'd need.

> upgrade also has a video chip, dunno if you can buy that anywhere.

If I can find spex/details, I'll do my darnedest to track things down.

> The ROM 01 is by far the most common IIgs.  The ROM 03 is more desirable,

Preachin' to the choir, my friend. <g>

> and it is easy to recognize. Pop the top, and look down along the right
side
> of the power supply. If you can see the battery, it's a ROM 03. On the
> others, the battery is underneath the power supply.  So if it doesn't have
a
> visible battery, 9 times out of 10 it's going to be a ROM 01.

That's definitely a help.

> You can get the parts off a ROM 01 to upgrade a ROM 00 if you want,

Which are the pertinent parts, do you know?

>or just swap the motherbd.

Also a possibility, unless the scavenged system is dead. :-)

> For all the info you could want, check the faq:
> http://home.swbell.net/rubywand/A2FAQs1START.html

Should be published as "The Apple II Bible, 2002 Edition."  'Don't leave
home without it."

Thanks!