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From: jweldon@renegade.csd.sgi.com (Jack P. Weldon)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Mac II - Floppy upgrade
Message-ID: <1991Apr29.202805.13698@odin.corp.sgi.com>
Date: 29 Apr 91 20:28:05 GMT
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>In article <3070@sparko.gwu.edu> waire@seas.gwu.edu (Timothy A. Waire Jr.) wri
es:
>}  /* question about FDHD upgrade for MacII */
>yep... it's called the MacII FDHD ROM Upgrade. It includes new IIx-type ROMS
>as well as a new SWIM (floppy controller) chip. This is required to USE the
>"new" FDHD SuperDrive drives. However, you must then buy the FDHD DRIVE itself.

>Price: ROM Upgrade ~$70 - ~$100 (w/ return of old chips)

I have an old (ie: no serial number) Mac II that has 1 FDHD (MPF75W-11G) and
one 800K (MPF51W-23) but apparently doesn't have the ROM upgrade. I've called
one of the local Apple service folks to order the above kit, but I was told
that there is no such kit, only the drives by themselves or the drives AND the 
ROMs. 

Anybody know the part number or a place I *can* order the ROMS from? OR...:


In article <1991Apr17.125051.27864@terminator.cc.umich.edu>, jgs@merit.edu (John Scudder) writes:
> Come to think of it, I think that there is at least one precedent for ROM
> upgrades.  This had to do with a bug in the original Mac II ROMs, which
> Apple would swap for you gratis if you asked. 

Does anyone have a list of which ROMS qualify for this?

Mine appear old enough to qualify for Social Security  (Beta 7.0) ???  :-)


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Cheers, 
			        	
Jack P. Weldon
(jweldon@csd.sgi.com)