Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!aplcen!haven!mimsy!mojo!cyliao From: cyliao@eng.umd.edu (Chun-Yao Liao) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: Apple C+ Message-ID: <1989Dec18.200022.15087@eng.umd.edu> Date: 18 Dec 89 20:00:22 GMT References: <37312@apple.Apple.COM> <1989Dec16.152608.7109@eng.umd.edu> <1989Dec17.202111.8612@world.std.com> Sender: news@eng.umd.edu (The News System) Reply-To: cyliao@eng.umd.edu (Chun-Yao Liao) Organization: Merriversity of Uniland, College Purgatory Lines: 39 In article <1989Dec17.202111.8612@world.std.com> spike@world.UUCP (Joe Ilacqua) writes: > > But, some of us have ancient //Cs, and if we where to by a >3.5" disk, would need a mother board or ROM upgrade. As far as I can >tell (an I may be wrong) the only way to get this is to by the disk >from Apple. > >->Spike I did have an ANCIENT //c, by this I mean, 16k original ROM with no ability of connecting a UniDisk3.5. BTW, it had a cristal problem that gave me lots troubles when I bought a modem.... Oh well, that was history. I am really happy when I got my upgrade for free! No, I didn't buy the UniDisk 3.5 as it is so expensive, and I don't like Apple's memory expansion board because it doesn't have a clock. However, if you buy this board from Apple, you can get your //c upgrade to the newer //c that comes with a connector for memory expansion. Therefore, I got a new board with 32k rom and cristal problem fixed, but no memory expansion card connector. It was tricky for me to get such an upgrade... I began with calling Apple Computer and asked Apple Dealers in my area. After 3 or 4 calls to Apple Comp and got called about 10 - 15 Apple Dealers, I finally got one (not in my area though, but close enough for me to get there in 1 hr by Metro or 40 min by car) that was willing to give me an upgrade for free. Others just ignored me or asked me to pay something like $280 to $350 It IS Apple's policy to give free upgrade, the problem is that Dealers don't like free upgrade of hardware specially. (Some dealers told me that they never heard about any company offer free hardware upgrade! ) So to those who still using ANCIENT //c, call Apple and ask for dealers in your area and Good Luck! -- |I want Rocket Chip 10 MHz, Z-Ram Ultra II, UniDisk 3.5 | cyliao@wam.umd.edu | |I want my own NeXT, 64 Mb RAM, 660 Mb SCSI, NeXT laser | Chun Yao Liao | | printer, net connection, software, etc. | Accepting Donations!| /* If (my_.signature =~ yours) coincidence = true; else ignore_this = true; */