risc_management
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I recently received a Macintosh 512k from ebay. This thing is mint, I was shocked at the condition of the case, screen, external 400k drive, keyboard and mouse. This thing is perfectly beige, no yellowing!
Anyway, I've had it a few days and accidentally threw an DS/800k system disk I use with my Plus in the 512k. Lo and behold, she booted... into System 6.0.5... Finder shows the full 800k on the disk.
Apparently the first owner must've had the 512k board swapped with the 512ke board. The Model number is M0001W, which is what the regular 512k should be, so it originally would've had the 400k internal and 64k rom.
How can I ensure that the entire board was swapped, rather than roms changed without pulling the board? It's definitely one of the 512 (k or ke) boards, because the connectors all meet the case openings properly. There is also no indication of mods externally, so anything that was done must've been done by an Apple Service Tech or a real pro.
Is there any way I can pull the Gestalt ID using software? I want to be sure this machine isn't the 512k board with Plus ROMs (although I doubt that is the case since surely they would've increased RAM from 512 to at least 1MB since they were soldering anyway). It has 512k RAM.
I'm just hoping it's a 512ke board, rather than some plus-512 bastardization. From the condition of her, it seems she had owners that would've avoided anything less than a full swap with a 512ke board. Having Plus ROMs in a 512k sort of ruins the idea of having the 512k in the first place...
Thanks!
Anyway, I've had it a few days and accidentally threw an DS/800k system disk I use with my Plus in the 512k. Lo and behold, she booted... into System 6.0.5... Finder shows the full 800k on the disk.
Apparently the first owner must've had the 512k board swapped with the 512ke board. The Model number is M0001W, which is what the regular 512k should be, so it originally would've had the 400k internal and 64k rom.
How can I ensure that the entire board was swapped, rather than roms changed without pulling the board? It's definitely one of the 512 (k or ke) boards, because the connectors all meet the case openings properly. There is also no indication of mods externally, so anything that was done must've been done by an Apple Service Tech or a real pro.
Is there any way I can pull the Gestalt ID using software? I want to be sure this machine isn't the 512k board with Plus ROMs (although I doubt that is the case since surely they would've increased RAM from 512 to at least 1MB since they were soldering anyway). It has 512k RAM.
I'm just hoping it's a 512ke board, rather than some plus-512 bastardization. From the condition of her, it seems she had owners that would've avoided anything less than a full swap with a 512ke board. Having Plus ROMs in a 512k sort of ruins the idea of having the 512k in the first place...
Thanks!