Re: RAM cards

[Wayne Stewart <waynejstewart@gmail.com>]

On Sep 17, 3:16 pm, KP <kjpm...@gmail.com> wrote:
> A few questions about RAM cards:

> 2) Can you use both a RAMFactor and an Aux card at once in a //e?
> Would the total available RAM reflect both cards, or just one card?

Except for a few programs like Appleworks most programs don't use Aux
slot RAM over 64k if at all. As I recall, if you have a RamWorks card
in your IIe, AppleWorks will use it and ignore the RamFactor.

> 3) Can you use both a RAMFactor and a Mem-slot card at once in a
> IIgs?  Would the total available RAM reflect both cards, or just one
> card?

Total RAM in the IIgs CDA menu only shows RAM in the Mem slot and
motherboard. A RamFactor would be seen as a RAMdisk and a not overly
fast one at that. When I was playing around I discovered I could boot
faster off my RamFast than off my RamFactor. I never compared but I
suspect my CFFA card and others would too.

> 4) If you used an 8-Meg Mem-slot card and a 1-Meg RAMFactor
> simultaneously in a IIgs, then would the total available RAM be 9 Meg
> (or nearly 10 Meg in a ROM 03)?

The IIgs maxes out at 8mb. Putting an 8mb card in a ROM 3 causes 1mb
to be ignored. Not that many people bought 8mb cards because they
didn't have any need for more than 4mb. Come to think of it, there
aren't that many times when I need more than a 2mb card in a ROM 3

Wayne