Re: IIGS Questions, System 6?

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Rubywand <rubywand@my-deja.com> wrote:

>tarage@microsoft.bellsouth.net writes ...
>>
> ....
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>> If it helps any, you can do pretty well with just 2 Mb
>> for System 6.0.1 (that's what I'm running at currently).
>
>     That is good to know. I've run Sys6 on a 3MB system-- don't recall
>trying it on anything smaller.

It runs on 2MB, but if you had AWGS and used Harmonie
to print TrueType fonts (using Pointless) to an ink-jet
printer or laser printer, you will quickly find out you have
problems.

2MB was my setup before.  I increased it to 5MB and the
problems were gone.  I finally increased it to 8MB and
loaded up all kinds of fun stuff.  ;-)

>> 4 Mb cards will run you $40-60 from individuals;

As Joe said, these are not good deals since for the same
price you can get a NEW Sirius RAM card with 4MB
on the card and this NEW card can be EXPANDED to
8MB in the future should you wish.  The full 8MB card
is $99.

>> much more expensive from shops tho. I've also heard that
>> going above 4 isn't recommended due to some high DMA issues.

Not an issue with the RamFAST Rev. D.

>     Yes; going above 4MB for Expansion Memory is not generally
>recommended. (The Apple IIgs Hardware Reference discourages it, too)  On
>the other hand, 'not recommended' does not necessarily equal "don't do
>it".

But then who does what Apple recommends?  Apple
recommended to Apple II users that they migrate to the
Mac and look how many people listened.  ;-)

>     No one has ever done a comprehensive guide (e.g. for all of the
>common ROM-01 and ROM 3 IIgs setups) for using the Sirius card with 8MB
>installed. For your particular accelerator + SCSI + ... setup, you may
>or may not have full DMA, etc. under whatever version of System,
>ProDOS-8, ... you boot.

He has an Apple Rev. C SCSI card which does not do
DMA, so this is not an issue.

>     Since the features you lose (if any) could turn out to be
>relatively minor compared with the gain of having more RAM and since the
>cost of 8MB vs 4MB is fairly small, getting the card with 8MB isn't such
>a bad idea so long as you do not mind experimenting.

I highly recommend 8MB.