But like the IIfx, finding a ROM in the IIsi socket is like hen's teeth. Worse, I suspect, as I've never seen one in 19 years of Mac-collecting.
Jeff ________________________________ From: Jonathan Morton <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, August 11, 2013 5:55 PM Subject: Re: Expert Vintage Member's Input Needed I gather that ROMs for 030 based Macs are backwards compatible to a fair degree, e.g. a IIcx can boot, 32 bit clean, from a IIsi ROM. - Jonathan Morton On 12 Aug 2013 03:51, "J.S. Garrison" <[email protected]> wrote: > > And BTW, I've had a number of IIsi Macs go through my hands over the years > and have never seen ONE ROM SIMM in all the ones > I've refurbished. Wonder if they're compatible? And why didn't the SE/30 > complain when it was asked to boot with the SIMM in it's socket? > > > Jeff > > > ________________________________ > From: Hardware Mack <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Sunday, August 11, 2013 4:29 PM > > Subject: Re: Expert Vintage Member's Input Needed > > oh yeah, man, good catch dylan! > > > On Aug 11, 2013, at 7:18 PM, Dylan McDermond wrote: > > > > > On Aug 11, 2013, at 3:37 PM, The Old Geek <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> But the SIMM says Erickson ROM 1.04b, 6/19/90 > > > > The Macintosh IIsi was codenamed "Erickson" and released in October 1990. > > So I'd say it's most likely a IIsi ROM. > > > > - Dylan > > > > -- > > -- > > ----- > > You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs > > group. > > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our > > netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > To leave this group, send email to [email protected] > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs > > > > Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ > > --- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Vintage Macs" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [email protected]. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > > > -- > -- > ----- > You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our > netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To leave this group, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs > > Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Vintage Macs" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > > -- > -- > ----- > You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our > netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To leave this group, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs > > Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Vintage Macs" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. 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