The latest 120 I bought (NIB for my mum) was a unit that Apple NZ had
upgraded to NOS 2.0 - ie all documentation was for NOS 1.3.
It had stickers etc all over the box stating 'ready for upgrade to 2.0 - 2
MB RAM' etc.
In addition, I recall an Apple salesman (friend) complaining he wasn't able
to upgrade his 120 and would have to talk the company into a new one...
So - no, am not certain, but that is my recollection........at least, should
be something to be cautious of.
Cheers
-D
----- Original Message -----
From: <gopi_at_sin.sloth.org>
To: <newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net>
Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 12:12 PM
Subject: Re: [NTLK] NOS 2.0 ROM in Sharp ExpertPad?
>
> On Wed, 12 Dec 2001, Darl Singh wrote:
>
> > Just remember there were 2 versions of the 120 (1.3) that came out: one
with
> > minimal internal memory, the other (upgradeable) with 2 MB of internal.
> > AFAIR, the second was the only one with the removeable ROM card - and
you
> > couldn't upgrade the early version due to memory
limitations.......possibly
> > the death-knell for this project?
>
> Are you sure about that? This is the first I've ever heard of any issues
> upgrading either model MP120.
>
> Remember, the "1MB" MP120 had about 640k of DRAM with the rest being
> flash. The 2MB version had ~1.4MB of flash and the same 640k of DRAM. The
> OS 1.x ROMs were all 4MB; the OS 2.x ones are 8MB.
>
> > Other point: the 1.3 EPad had a slightly different system to the
110/120: it
> > kept the software contrast slider rather than the thumbwheel.
>
> The ExpertPad/OMP/MP100 also had a different (more vertical
> pixels) LCD. The MP110 changed to a more standard LCD panel for cost
> savings, I believe.
>
> If you don't have hot air rework experience, don't even _think_ about
> attempting this - only the MP120 and onwards had socketed ROMs.
>
> The only way this would work is if Apple, in designing the Newton ROM,
> decided to make it work. They might have - you might be lucky.
>
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