Re: WTB memory chips.

[James Stafford <jamess@cts.com>]

Cturley2 wrote:
> 
> For James Stafford <jamess@cts.com>
> 
> Concerning your reply to a post as noted:  "They probably still have some of
> their ram cards that can have up to 8
> or 16 megs of ram too. I can't remember the name of this ram card right off
> hand."
> 
> I reply: Perhaps you are thinking of the Cirtech StatRam
> card.  It was a rather rare and very expensive special sort of RAM card for use
> with any Apple II (including the GS), sold back in the 80's for well over $1000
> and could have up to 8MB of RAM on the main card. It had an add-on Piggyback
> card that could add another 8MB to it - giving a MAX of 16MBs of RAM.  The
> Apple II series could (if I'm not mistaken) use the full 16MBs of RAM.  With
> the fully populated card and the piggyback add-on card giving16MBs
> I recall it sold for around $3600 and was retailed from
> Resource Central I think.
> 
> The IIgs could only handle 8MB's - but, with special software that came with
> the Cirtech STATRAM card - you could assign the other 8MBs of RAM for use as a
> Static RAM drive when using it on a GS.
> 
> I have one of these with the pigygback add-on card, fully populated with 16MBs
> of RAM.  Unfortunately, no software came with the card. I've been trying to
> locate the software for this Cirtech 16MB STATRAM card with no success.
> 
> Does anybody out there reading this happen to have the software available for
> it?  I'd really appreciate anybody that might have it giving me a reply with an
> email.
> 

Tom,

The card I was thinking about was the card that Alltech mkaes itself. I
think it's called the Sirus? I just couldn't remember whether or not it
could take 8 or 16 meg. I think that it's 8.

Take care,

jamess