Re: Zip GS and 14MB RAM??

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nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates) wrote:
>In article <33148D94.3BEA@auge.de>,
>Martin Kaeser  <martin.kaeser@auge.de> wrote:
>>what would a Zip GS or TWGS do with 14MB of RAM in a IIgs?
>>a) crash
>>b) cache the first 8 MB
>>c) cache all 14 MB
>
>   This is all very academic, mostly since I've never seen or heard of
>any 14MB boards on csa2 or any other info source; the largest being
>sold are 8MB boards. First off, with the TWGS apparently mapping a
>bank or so ($B0 or $C0?) of its ROM into the GS's space, you'll have
>to watch out for clashes with that. After that, not 100% sure, but
>since they run code out of ROM correctly, the answer is probably (b)
>or (c) from above.

Nate, there was one 14MB configuration.  It was an Applied Engineering
RAMkeeper configured with two 8MB memory cards.  To do this, you need
to use two narrow body 8MB memory cards (such as the RAM GS+ from
Sequential Systems) and configure the ROMdisk and RAMdisk to total
the memory above the first 8MB.  Although the cards add up to 16MB
of total memory, some memory space is reserved on the GS, resulting
in about 14MB of total memory (system RAM + ROMdisk + RAMdisk).

No matter how much you hate AE for their price gouging, you gotta
admire that RAMkeeper card.

:)

-Scott G.