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Re: RAM cards

On 9/19/2010 11:27 AM, D Finnigan wrote:

Michael J. Mahon wrote:

On 9/18/2010 11:00 PM, KP wrote:


Are you sure of that last?  Why does the Ramfactor manual include
instructions on using the Ramfactor RAM to expand the size of the
AppleWorks desktop?  Doesn't that necessarily mean that the Ramfactor
is being used as expansion RAM for programs?


He meant that it can never be addressed directly, so, for example,
it can never have code executed from it.

Code can be copied from a "Slinky" card to RAM and executed there.

Appleworks uses expansion cards to store "segments" which are primarily
data, but code can be saved and reloaded as "segments", too.



Or in other words, it's good for swap space.


That's a fine application.

-michael

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