Re: 16-17Meg IIe Ramcard using regular memory chips

[Rubywand <rubywand@my-deja.com>]

Obsbedia2 writes ...

> Rubywand wrote:
> > Something I've wordered about is what so much memory
> > would be good for on a IIe? A database management program
> > might benefit from large RAM; but, is there anything else
> > the extra memory is good for-- like, can you set up a
> > large RAM disk?
 ....

>>
    Gee, do I ever get this questions a lot!  Yes, databases can benefit
from it, as can:

 *  AppleWorks with a whole mess of TimeOuts!
 *  Sound players - 3 Megs will take on about a two
    minute song, so 16 Megs would equal an
    instantaneous Apple II jukebox.
 *  Yes, a HUGE RAM DISK.  There is no virtual Ram
    disk for the Apple II (yet) that can make use of
    those wonderfully large and speedy hard drives,
    so consider this an opportunity to jump from
    program to program without exiting and
    rebooting each time.  It's not multitasking (which is
    still kicked around as possible on an 8bit Apple II,
    but it would be the next best thing.
 *  Instant response time from Tutor-Tech hypermedia
    stacks.  Tutor-Tech is amazingly fast and while it has
    is no limits on the amount of stacks that can be
    linked together, each new stack must still be loaded
    as it is called up by the previous stack.  Larger stacks
    take longer to load (and save).  Mind you, it's still
    faster than watching a website load up from a 51K
    modem!

         Jay
<<


    Pretty darn neat! Seems like every IIe user would want to have at
least a 1MB card plugged in. It would, at the least, solve the problem
of transferring large files for users without hard disk or 3.5" drives.
Thanks for the information.



Rubywand


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