Re: //gs Memory 8 or 16megs?

[marvinmiller@hotmail.com (Marvin Miller)]

Hi Eric;

I saw that and it might be just what I need ! I'm looking for more
//gs stuff so......

The issue I have is finding out what card to buy. My concerns break
down like this;

[1] I need more memory, preferrably 8 mg's

[2] There's a bunch of different Applied Engineering cards out there
as well as others. I want the best one naturally! But I do not what
the differences are between them.

Alltech sells an 8 meg card for 100.00 I'd like to pick it up BUT, if
the Applied cards have more features etc than I'd rather go that
route.

I understand Applied makes a ramKEEPER. I know not what it does....
:-(

I'm still trying to build/acquire 'best of breed' components for my
soon to arrive //gs. I still lack knowledge to make an informed
decision......

I'd love to support your site by buying products, I'll also need a
accelerator card, but I'm focussing on the RAM card first as I have
zip for info on the accelerator card.

Thanks for the reply!
Marvin Miller

On Tue, 24 Oct 2000 16:16:01 -0700, Eric Shepherd
<sheppy@sheppyware.net> wrote:

>in article 39f610e8.401824503@news, Marvin Miller at
>marvinmiller@hotmail.com wrote on 10/24/00 3:44 PM:
>
>> I'm looking at picking up some memory for the Apple //gs (rom3)
>> Doing some research on the net seems to show that you can actually put
>> 16 megs in the computer - or can you?
>
>The most you can install is 8 MB.  The ROM is hardcoded with this maximum in
>mind.
>
>> I saw an Apple ad from that timeframe that said "up to 16 megs" and
>> the processor is supposed to be able to address 16 megs. Yet all I see
>> are 4 meg cards....
>
>The processor can address 16 MB of memory; the 65816's address space is 16
>MB.  However, Apple's design of the Apple IIgs effectively limits it to 8
>MB.
>
>For everyday use, 4 MB is plenty.
>
>(Blatant plug alert)
>
>A2Central.com is auctioning off a 4 MB IIgs RAM card -- brand new, still
>sealed in its box -- on eBay.
>
>http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=477988604
>
>
>-- 
>Eric Shepherd
>Editor
>A2Central.com
>Where "Apple II Forever" is a way of life.
>
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