TMPLee@DOCKMASTER.ARPA.UUCP (08/12/87)
Following is the text of a postcard received yesterday: "Dear Apple IIGS Owner: Apple is pleased to extend to you a FREE chip upgrade that will enhance the performance of your Apple IIGS(tm) personal computer. The Video Graphics Controller (VGC) chip -- which generates the video output for your Apple IIGS -- may occasionally produce some flickering and pinktones when black-and-white programs are displayed on a color monitor in double-high-resolution mode. Also, some rarely used color combinations may cause characters to flicker in the standard text mode. Although you may have never noticed these minor problems, Apple would like to correct them for you, free of charge. Simply take your Apple IIGS to any authorized Apple dealer*. He or she will replace the old VGC chip with a new chip that resolves these problems. And, for any inconvenience youmay have experienced, your Apple dealer will also install, at no charge, a new, enhanced version of the Apple IIGS ROM chip. We hope you will enjoy your free Apple IIGS upgrades. Sincerely, Apple Computer *Visit the authorized Apple dealer from whom you purchased your system, or call, toll free, 800-538-9696 for the name of the dealer nearest you." Note two things: it doesn't say why the ROM is being upgraded (or what is in it) or anything at all about a new version of the system disk/ProDos 16. No hint whether the problems fixed are why Sargon II and Robot Odyssey I work on my "new" GS but don't work on the "old" one. Just got in from out of town so haven't had a chance to call my dealer.