> >If they are all the same (same value AND location) then it may be hard-coded >>in the ROM, the only way of checking for certain would be to change the ROM >>chips over. >>Ben. >>NB there is a utility called GetRom used to make ROM images for emulators, >>run this on both boards and compare the output files, if the checksums match >>then the problem is not in the ROM. > >I was getting to thinking that it might be a ROM issue. I just don't >see Apple putting that much effort into differentiating the boards - >except for RAM/VRAM/CPU speeds, they are almost 100% identical... >But hey, maybe they DID do something to disallow people from swapping >screens - keeping margins high and all that. And it wouldn't be the >only time they put in a ROM block to prevent certain upgrades. B&W >G3 CPU upgrades come to mind... > >Thanks for the tip about GetRom. Unfortunately, I can't get the cs >to use the ce display correctly and I don't have a good cs display >(my data cable is toast - too much playing with it *sigh*). So the >cs is essentially unusable at the moment. Sooner or later, I'll pick >up a video adapter for the PDS card, but who knows when I'll get off >my butt... ;-) > >Peace, >Drew
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