Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!n8emr!bluemoon!cmcurtin From: cmcurtin@bluemoon.uucp (Matthew Curtin) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: GS ROMS Keywords: GS. ROMS Message-ID: Date: 7 Feb 91 13:19:34 GMT References: <3937@gazette.bcm.tmc.edu> Sender: bbs@bluemoon.uucp (BBS Login) Organization: Blue Moon BBS ((614) 868-9980/2/4) Lines: 33 hmayor@bcm.tmc.edu (Heather Mayor) writes: > What is the difference between ROM1, 2 and 3 in the AppleGS? > Is there an upgrade path from a ROM1 board and is it necessary? > What would be an approximate price- academic pricing? > Do some programs run only on ROM3 boards? There are no MAJOR differences (that I know of) between the ROMs for different IIgs models. A ROM03 IIgs is (as far as I know) supposed to be a little faster and have graphics a little sharper than a ROM01. (I've never heard of ROM02.) There are no commercial software packages that require a ROM03 IIgs, because there aren't any real features on the ROM03 that are not on ROM01. All versions of IIgs ROM are compatible because of the way the programs ar written (using the IIgs toolbox). There is supposedly some software floating around (nothing commercial or popular) that requires ROM01 or ROM03 IIgses specifically, but that is because the programmers did not use the toolbox. All "real" software will work on a IIgs whether it is ROM01 or ROM03. The original "Woz" version of the IIgs is a little different (I think). There are some programs that require ROM01 or later. If you have a ROM01, there is no reason to upgrade to ROM03. There has been talk of a ROM04 IIgs in the works on the local BBSes in Columbus, but it looks now like it's just a rumor or more vaporware:-( ______________________________________________________________________________ | C. Matthew Curtin ! "This is a strange game. The only way to | | P.O. Box 27081 ! win is not to play." -Joshua | | Columbus, OH 43227-0081 !---------------------------------------------| | cmcurtin@bluemoon.uucp _______!______________Apple_II_Forever!______________|