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From: rms@meccsd.UUCP (Roger M. Shimada)
Newsgroups: net.micro.apple
Subject: Re: Apple //c ROMs
Message-ID: <549@meccsd.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 30-Oct-86 17:54:37 EST
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Posted: Thu Oct 30 17:54:37 1986
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In article <550@husc6.HARVARD.EDU> nakada@husc4.UUCP (paul nakada) writes:
>As an owner of a very early release of the Apple //c, I have now come
>across the need to upgrade to the new 3.5 unidisk.  As a result of
>having bought an early version, though, I have the "old" ROMS which
>do not support unidisk 3.5 or any of the other goodies on the new
>32K ROMs.

For starters, if you buy a Unidisk 3.5 your dealer is supposed to give
you a free //c upgrade.  (Read: swaps your motherboard out, and isn't
supposed to tell you that.)  I have an old motherboard too, and this
annoys me because if you have an old //c, you could: 1) cut a solder
joint, 2) make a solder bridge, and 3) replace a ROM, and poof!  The
//c can talk to a 3.5.

However, you should consider a dealer trade because new //cs have the
facility for the //c 1 Meg card.  (These newer //cs can be identified
by a platinum keyboard and/or case.  (Apple still has white cases
left.))  Thus the //c is now on its fourth major revision.  To check
for a newer motherboard easily, turn on the //c and type "pr#4".  It
will respond with "UNABLE TO START UP FROM MEMORY CARD" if it's the
latest //c.

Roger Shimada
ihnp4!meccts!rms