IIci ROM
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The IIci ROM is a specific firmware chip used in the Macintosh IIci that provides its low-level system software and startup routines.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| IIci ROM canonical | 1 |
| IIci firmware ROM | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8521363 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: IIci ROM Context triple: [Apple Macintosh ROM, hasVariant, IIci ROM]
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A.
Rrom
Rrom is a self-designation used by some Romani people to refer to themselves and their ethnic community.
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B.
NonStop OS
NonStop OS is a fault-tolerant, high-availability operating system from Hewlett Packard Enterprise designed for mission-critical, continuously running enterprise systems, including those based on Itanium processors.
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C.
Citium
Citium was an ancient city on the southern coast of Cyprus, historically significant as a Phoenician-Greek trading center and the birthplace of the Stoic philosopher Zeno.
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D.
I2O
I2O is the acronym for DARPA’s Information Innovation Office, which focuses on advancing cutting-edge information science and technology for national security.
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E.
Orbis OS
Orbis OS is Sony's customized operating system for the PlayStation 4, built on a modified version of FreeBSD to power the console's gaming and multimedia features.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: IIci ROM Target entity description: The IIci ROM is a specific firmware chip used in the Macintosh IIci that provides its low-level system software and startup routines.
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A.
Rrom
Rrom is a self-designation used by some Romani people to refer to themselves and their ethnic community.
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B.
NonStop OS
NonStop OS is a fault-tolerant, high-availability operating system from Hewlett Packard Enterprise designed for mission-critical, continuously running enterprise systems, including those based on Itanium processors.
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C.
Citium
Citium was an ancient city on the southern coast of Cyprus, historically significant as a Phoenician-Greek trading center and the birthplace of the Stoic philosopher Zeno.
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D.
I2O
I2O is the acronym for DARPA’s Information Innovation Office, which focuses on advancing cutting-edge information science and technology for national security.
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E.
Orbis OS
Orbis OS is Sony's customized operating system for the PlayStation 4, built on a modified version of FreeBSD to power the console's gaming and multimedia features.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Macintosh ROM
ⓘ
computer firmware ⓘ read-only memory chip ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
IIci firmware ROM
ⓘ
linked to:
IIci ROM
Macintosh IIci ROM ⓘ
linked to:
Apple Macintosh ROM
|
| architecture |
Motorola 68030-based Macintosh
ⓘ
linked to:
68k Macintosh
|
| category | Macintosh IIci hardware component ⓘ |
| compatibleWith |
System 6
ⓘ
System 7 ⓘ |
| contains |
32-bit clean ROM code
ⓘ
Macintosh IIci boot icon graphics ⓘ Macintosh startup chime code ⓘ |
| designedFor | 68k Macintosh operating system ⓘ |
| enables |
32-bit memory addressing
ⓘ
System 7 compatibility ⓘ |
| feature | 32-bit clean addressing support ⓘ |
| handles |
boot device selection
ⓘ
device enumeration at boot ⓘ hardware reset sequence ⓘ memory test at startup ⓘ |
| identifiesAs | Gestalt machine ID for Macintosh IIci ⓘ |
| implements |
Macintosh Gestalt calls
ⓘ
Macintosh ROM Toolbox API ⓘ
linked to:
Macintosh Toolbox
|
| introducedWith | Macintosh IIci ⓘ |
| introducedYear | 1989 ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
Apple Computer, Inc.
ⓘ
linked to:
Apple Inc.
|
| nonVolatile | true ⓘ |
| platform |
Macintosh II family
ⓘ
linked to:
Macintosh II series
|
| provides |
Macintosh Toolbox
ⓘ
NuBus initialization code ⓘ Power-On Self Test ⓘ QuickDraw routines ⓘ SCSI boot code ⓘ low-level system software ⓘ sound initialization code ⓘ startup routines ⓘ video initialization code ⓘ |
| region | on-logic-board ROM SIMM area of Macintosh IIci ⓘ |
| role |
boot firmware for Macintosh IIci
ⓘ
hardware abstraction layer for Macintosh IIci ⓘ |
| storageType | mask ROM ⓘ |
| successorTo | Macintosh IIx ROM ⓘ |
| supports |
ADB input devices
ⓘ
NuBus expansion slots of Macintosh IIci ⓘ SCSI storage devices ⓘ floppy disk controller ⓘ onboard video of Macintosh IIci ⓘ |
| usedIn | Macintosh IIci ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: IIci ROM Description of subject: The IIci ROM is a specific firmware chip used in the Macintosh IIci that provides its low-level system software and startup routines.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: IIci ROM