Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!usc!apple!dlyons From: dlyons@Apple.COM (David Lyons) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: New GS ROMs Message-ID: <34108@apple.Apple.COM> Date: 18 Aug 89 18:08:31 GMT References:<8908180211.aa02226@SMOKE.BRL.MIL> Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA Lines: 24 In article <8908180211.aa02226@SMOKE.BRL.MIL> SEWALL@UCONNVM.BITNET (Murph Sewall) writes: >[...] >Does that new IIgs have an identity (if I go to my Apple dealer next month >or whenever, how do I tell he has the new one and not one of the older ones >that's been on the shelf for awhile -- without being a techie who can >tell which chip(s) are ROM and how many there are)? [...] Sure--hook up a monitor, turn it on, and look at the bottom of the screen. A ROM 3 machine says "ROM Version 3", and a ROM 1 machine says "ROM Version 01". (That's not the only way to tell the difference, but it's the most obvious. Other things you could do include hitting Apple-Ctrl-ESC and choosing the Control Panel. The ROM 03 Control Panel has Keyboard and Mouse subsections instead of the Options subsection.) --Dave Lyons, Apple Computer, Inc. | DAL Systems AppleLink--Apple Edition: DAVE.LYONS | P.O. Box 875 AppleLink--Personal Edition: Dave Lyons | Cupertino, CA 95015-0875 GEnie: D.LYONS2 or DAVE.LYONS CompuServe: 72177,3233 Internet/BITNET: dlyons@apple.com UUCP: ...!ames!apple!dlyons My opinions are my own, not Apple's.