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Re: Need help installing extra memory on a memory card.



On Sun, 21 Jun 1998 11:02:33 -0500, Slick <PAYSlick_RCBD@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>The IIGS control panel says there is 1280K. It is correct. The memory
>expansion card that came with all ROM 1 IIGSs only adds a maximum of
>1MB. A ROM 1 GS has 256K on the motherboard, giving you 1280K total. You
>are confusing the ROM 1 with the ROM 3. The ROM 3 came with 1280K on the
>motherboard and no memory expansion card. I STRONGLY subjest that you
>get a larger memory expansion card. I ditched mine years ago.

Nit pick alert!  :)

You are correct the ROM 01 came with 256k on the motherboard (128k of
slow memory and 128k of fast memory).  Adding a 1M (1024k) memory
expansion card gives you a total of 1280k (1024+256) of memory on a
ROM 01.

The ROM 3 came with 128k of slow memory and 1M of fast memory on the
motherboard.  This gives a total of 1152k (1024+128) of memory on a
ROM 3.

These numbers are usually abreviated as 1.25M and 1.125M of memory
respectively.

This nit pick alert is now over and we return you to your regular news
messages.  :)

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