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From: gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Rom01 vs rom03
Message-ID: <14719@smoke.brl.mil>
Date: 12 Dec 90 20:16:54 GMT
References: <9012120502.AA02196@apple.com>
Organization: U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory, APG, MD.
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In article <9012120502.AA02196@apple.com> C489030@UMCVMB.MISSOURI.EDU (Greg Hodgdon) writes:
>I was wondering what the differences between rom01 and rom03 are.  I
>took home "miniprix" over xgiving and couldn't get that to work, so i
>assume that some of the stuff will only run on one or the other (?).

For the most part, applications that follow Apple's programming guidelines
will work on either ROM 01 or ROM 03 equally well.  The main functional
differences are that ROM 03 has a more flexible slot assignment scheme
(of no interest to typical applications), ROM 03 has more ToolKits wired
into ROM (versus loaded from the System Disk), and ROM 03 machines come
with more on-board RAM (1.125MB total vs. 256KB for ROM 01).  Most GS-
specific applications require more than 256KB of RAM; 1.125MB is enough
for most (but not all).

More significant differences lie in the various releases of the System
Disk (GS/OS).  Version 5.0.3 is the latest release, with 5.0.4 rumored
to be imminent.  Newer versions offer features that older versions
didn't, so if an application depends on such new features it will fail
if you try to execute it using an old System Disk.