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

[obsbedia2@aol.com (Obsbedia2)]

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     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?

Rubywand>>

Hi Ruby,
	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