theres a chance i'm not understanding something, info seems hard to come by these days on your search engine of choice.
ROM revision: $77D-45F6
Boot ROM Version: $0004.18F5
Mac OS ROM file version: 10.2.1
Looks like my boot rom is already 4.1.8? And OS rom is 10.2.1... Is this even the source of my firewire issue? Im at a total loss at the moment.
Yes that appears correct.
- "ROM revision" I believe is the revision of the boot firmware located on the Pismo's ROM chip.
- "Boot ROM Version" is the boot firmware version of the machine.
- "Mac OS ROM file version" is the version of the
Mac OS ROM file located in the
System Folder.
I don't think any of the pre-built Mac OS 9 Lives images come with any firmware installers/updaters.
I can't remember if the Mac OS 9 Lives installers have a modified Mac OS ROM file or not. But it may potentially be what you would want to look at changing if you've installed the OS from a Mac OS 9 Lives CD? If you reinstall the system with an original disc for the Pismo, or from a Mac OS 9 Universal installer this will install the correct Mac OS ROM file for your machine.
Unless you ran a firmware update it's unlikely you need to do anything with the Firmware.