Hi there....Anyone wishing to obtain a genuine IIsi ROM SIMM, feel free to contact me off-list. Thanks Mikie
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dr.O.M.Betz) > Reply-To: "Compact Macs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2004 16:02:35 +0200 > To: "Compact Macs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Soft "rom" question > >> I have had diffiuclty finding a IIsi or IIfx rom sim >> to place in my SE/30. > You're not the only one. I remember a thread on this list when someone who > had access to a large number of IIsi machines that were to be thrown out > opened all of them and found a socketed ROM only in one in ten or twenty > machines. Most have soldered ROMs, like mine (sigh-). IIfx ROMs are easier > to get, I have one from a spare mobo, but I don't think anyone would give > up a working blackbird for a 32-bit clean SE/30 that would work maybe or > not. Results reported here were a mixed blessing. Thanks Goodness there's > Mode 32 v.7.5. > >> I have a IIsi, but the rom bank >> is blank, so it must be soldered on the motherboard >> somewhere. (Why is there is an empty rom slot?) > > You can find empty ROM slots in a number of Macs. They were meant for ROM > upgrades that would supersede the soldered ROM, but AFAIK that never > actually happened. > >> In the past, I have used a program to "copy" the rom of a >> Macplus to use in a game simulator on a PowerMac >> (i.e., Macmame). Would it be possible to use this >> program to copy the rom from a IIsi and use it in an >> SE/30? Could that soft "rom" be copied onto a blank >> rom? >> > That's beyond my scope; as a wild guess, I wouldn't think it to be very > straightforward: the hardware ROMs are organised in the way the CPU and OS > exspect them to be, while the "soft" rom you burn on a blank may have all > the info, but not at the right address. But I can be completely wrong on > that, it may as well work (why should MacMame or, say, Basilisk II be able > to deal with a "soft" ROM and a Mac should not?) OTOH, I can't remember to > have seen a dicussion of this possibility here. Maybe copyright issues? But > there are people on the list who know much better. > > Cheers, OM > > /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign > \ / No HTML/RTF in email > X No Word docs in email > / \ Respect for open standards > > > > -- > Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> > --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; > Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- >> The Think Different Store > http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com > --------------------------------------------------------------- -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
