Re: Presence of a IIc memory card

[dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)]

The Apple II Mail Group <a2mg@aol.comNomail> wrote:

> > you could simply run
> >AppleWorks and see if the Desktop size was larger. 
> 
> This would be so only in AppleWorks 3.0 and higher. AppleWorks 2 would have to
> have expander software added to recognize the extra memory at all.

True if you want to be conclusive about the presence of a Z-RAM, but
earlier versions will reveal the presence of Apple's memory expansion
card.

If my memory is correct, standard slot memory expansion cards (including
the IIc one) are supported by AppleWorks 1.3 and later, possibly even
1.2.

AppleWorks 3.0 added built-in support for auxiliary slot multi-bank
memory expansion cards (including the Z-RAM).  In earlier versions, you
had to run an Applied Engineering patch to recognise the card.

AppleWorks 2.0 added support for IIgs memory expansion (prior versions
think it is a 128K machine).

I'm certain that something was added in either 1.2 or 1.3, and it wasn't
AE-style auxiliary slot cards, so it must have been standard slot RAM
cards.  I used AppleWorks 1.0 and 1.1 briefly at school, then got 2.0
when I bought my IIgs (subsequently upgraded to 2.1, 3.0, 4.0.x, 5.0 and
5.1).

AppleWorks 1.0 only supported a 64K or 128K machine (extended 80-column
card in the auxiliary slot of a IIe).  I even remember the desktop size:
10K in a 64K machine, 55K or 56K in a 128K machine.  (This lasted until
2.1.)