Re: IIgs RAM expansion options

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pdueck@pli.mb.ca (Perry Dueck) wrote,
in response to James Keim:
>> "your mileage may vary."  I own both the Ram GS+ card and now
>> Alltech's Sirius IIgs card.  I have had _zero_ DMA problems with 8
>> megs installed.
>
>
>I would like to thank all of you in responding to my question about adding
>RAM to a IIgs. I appreciate it.  :)
>I have made the decision to purchase a "Sequential Systems RAM-GS"  4
>megabyte memory expansion board.  :)
>
>Regards, Perry Dueck

Perry, since you probably already bought the RAM-GS, I would like to
add for the benefit of others: Alltech will sell you a Sirius RAM with
4MB worth of SIMMs for less than a 4MB RAM-GS.  At 4MB, the Sirius
RAM is completely DMA capatible and it is cheaper in this configuration
than the unexpandable RAM-GS.  The Sirius RAM also gives you
_the option_, should you chose, of upgrading all the way to 8MB in the
future.

Summary: the Sirius is DMA capatible at 4MB.  It is cheaper than the
nonexpandable Sequential card at 4MB.  It _is_ expandable in the
future should you chose, unlike the Sequential card.  Why would anyone
want to buy the Sequential card?

Scott G.