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date: 2009-02-01 05:34:26
subject: Re: IIGS Questions.. any advice?

On 1 f=E9v, 13:02, chris...{at}gmail.com wrote:
> Hello.. Some quick questions for those in the know..
>
> Just picked up a spare IIGS off EBay as a backup for the ROM 03 I've
> been using for a while - and it turns out the thing is a ROM 00.
>
> I've ordered the ROM 00->ROM 01 upgrade from Reactive Micro, however
> does anyone know:
>
> A) How to identify if my board has the faulty VGC chip that came with
> many ROM 00's, and
> B) Is it still possible to obtain a replacement chip somehow (other
> than cannibalizing yet another IIGS?)
> Second question: I've got a spare ROM 03 board that's giving a System
> Bad: 06010000. =A0I know this is a failure of the Serial test - is there
> a specific part I could check out and try and replace?
>
> Thanks for any info..
>
> -Chris

Hi Chris,
I cannot help you with your questions but I have a request: can you
please make a ROM dump before you perform the upgrade? I would like to
disassemble the ROM 00 one day.

I thank you in advance.

Regards,

antoine
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