re iici rom offers bit clean rom for iix in article mdavis crash cts com mdavis crash cts com morgan davis writes last week s macweek article by ric ford indicated that david ramsey s mac iix has been running nicely with a mac iici rom in it offering clean bit rom code liberating his iix from the virtual memory nightmare caused by apple s bit system enabler this would make me a bit suspect of mr ramsey s qualifications as a self styled expert in fact when i read about anybody using virtual memory regularly i kind of wonder yes one can sometimes get away with running a newer rom of the correct size obviously in an older machine but one should be prepared for problems if running software that checks for machine type rather than rom trap availability and then draws incorrect conclusions when special casing especially timing dependent and driver related stuff in this particular case i see no reason to go to the trouble of rom swapping the apple bit enabler has problems but mode works just fine with and does anyone know of a source for these roms sure buy a used iici motherboard call pre owned electronics shreve or other parts dealers see the back of computer shopper or one of the mac trades for phone numbers and ask for a price on a iici rom everything has a price if you happen to find somebody who salvaged a iici with a dead motherboard you might get a decent price there is probably a market for used mother boards as well so they might sell a rom anyway needless to say i m interested in purchasing such a rom what would be a reasonably price to offer ask for a quote and then try offering less pre owned and shreve have been known to dicker their ads in various trade magazines often list considerably different prices for the same items and their phone quotes tend to vary as well still i m not aware of any technical reason for upgrading the rom in a iix bill johnston johnston me udel edu chambers street newark de
