Re: IIgs RAM cards, which one?

[dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)]

<m.kelsey@spam.eecs.wsu.edu> wrote:

> In article <28APR199822581516@vax2.concordia.ca>,
>       spec@vax2.concordia.ca (Mitchell Spector) writes:
> > In article rubywand@swbell.net writes...
> > 
> >>Mitchell Spector writes ...
> >>>
> 
> >     Well in order to get around the 4 MB DMA limit (note that the
> > limit is _only_ the expansion slot, motherboard memory is excluded)
> > you need a RamFAST SCSI card. You also need an 8 MB expansion card
> > that does DMA properly, and to my knowledge, that only includes the
> > two currently available cards (I'd be surprised if you could use a
> > MDIdeas OctoRAM in this situtation).
> 
> What about the Applied Engineering GS RAM expander? 

Which one?  The "GS RAM" gave you 1.5MB, while the "GS RAM Plus" gave
you 6MB.  Neither card is DMA compatible.

There is a later model (GS RAM III?) which may have improved things, but
I wasn't going near AE products by then.

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