Re: Grappler Plus Parallel Card: Maxiuimum Expandable Printer Buffer Size.

[Wayne Stewart <waynes@intergate.bc.ca>]

Robert James Liptak wrote:

>         What is the maximum the Printer Buffer on the Grappler Plus Parallel
> Interface Card can be expanded. Asn far as I know you can add up to eight chips
> but what is the manimum of RAM when fully loaded. I was just wondering because
> the Buffer Pro option for the AE Parallel Pro Interface Card had eight chip
> slots as well and each slot could take a 64K chip or 256K chip. You could mix
> and
> match them for any size combination of up to eight chips so if you used 256K
> RAM chips then the maximum size would be 2Meg (2056K). Is this the same size
> the Grappler Plus can be expanded or less. What is the largest buffer size
> available for any Parallel Interface Card or Serial to Paralelel Converter
> cable?
>                                                  Thanks,
>                                            Rob 'Songman' Liptak

According to Applied Engineering the maximum size the Buffer Pro
can be expanded to is 256k. I believe you' re thinking of a different
kind of RAM chip. In the type of chip they used it takes 8 chips to
make 256k.

     Wayne