Re: IIGS ram card work in ][e?

[dalloff@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Dave Althoff)]

Paul Grammens (pgrammen@sonic.net) wrote:
: Mitchell Spector wrote:
: > 
: > In article pgrammen@sonic.net writes...
: > 
: > >I found a IIgs ram card in a box of computer stuff. I already have one
: > >in my IIgs, will it work in a ][e? It's a 1 meg card.
: > 
: >     No, beside the fact a IIgs memory board will not physically fit

: OK, I guess that was a dumb question. I didn't even look to see if the
: board might fit!
: Thanks to everyone who answered.


: >     What you can do however, is pull the chips from the IIgs board
: > and install them on an Apple II "Slinky" card or RamWorks type of
: > board (both use the same 256 Kilobit chips).

: I've seen mention of these Slinky boards- how are they identified? (I'm
: new to Apples, though I'm very knowledgeable on IBM and fairly
: knowledgeable on Macs).
: -Paul

Well, it has been a long time since I have seen one, but the first tip-off
(besides the fact that it will be identified someplace on it as an Apple
memory expansion board; I don't know the exact wording or part number) is
that its edge connector will easily fit into the normal accessory slot in
any Apple ][, with the chip side facing away from the power supply.  Not
the ][e Auxiliary Slot, nor the IIgs Memory Expansion slot.  The 'slinky'
is the board I referred to in my reply last night.

--Dave Althoff, ][.
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