Re: Apple IIe 1 Meg Memory Expansion Card.

["Ernest" <ernestls@home.com>]

Wayne Stewart wrote in message <393F1B79.94C6AC0D@intergate.bc.ca>...
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>"Robert J. Stevens" wrote:
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>> I acquired an Apple IIe 1 Meg Memory Expansion Card. P/N 670-0024-A
>> Apple II Memory Expansion. How can one tell if the Memory is there. I am
>> a complete DUD when it comes to Apples. I bought this IIe to run the
>> FAIRY Chip Checker I bought years ago [Now I can't find the diskette
>> that runs the card].  Also can these cards be cascaded and which slot is
>> the best to use???
>> Bob the A-Newbie in Wisconsin
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>This card isn't a IIe only card as it can be used with the II+ or IIgs as
>well..
>It shouldn't be confused with the memory in your IIe Auxilary slot, the IIe
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>basically sees it as a storage device not memory. With very few exceptions
>it's only used as a ramdisk. Some copy programs will use it as a buffer.
>Later versions of AppleWorks can use it and earlier versions can be patched
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>to use it. A few programs load themselves onto it to cut down disk access
>time but that's really just the program using it as a ramdisk. Just about
>any
>slot except 3 should work fine. While you could fill your slots with these
>cards each card will be an individual ramdisk. A program like Copy II Plus
>will see it.
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>    Wayne


Is there a true, auxiliary type 1 meg memory card for the IIe, then? Or is
128k the best that I can hope for on my IIe. I have a 128k memory card,
rather than an 80 column 64k expander. Would this card also be considered a
ramdisk type card?

Ernest