Re: Expand your gs memory beyond 512k

[s_behrens@emulex.com (S�nke Behrens)]

tomk@pro-nsdapple.cts.com (Tom Kelly) wrote:

>In <56aom7$ieg@senator-bedfellow.MIT.EDU>
>mike@athena.mit.edu (Michael T Decerbo) writes:
>
>>I would like to use my Apple II to plot and print graphs and, maybe,
>>calculate regressions, given a bunch of input data points. This is
>>what, for example, Cricket Graph will do on a Macintosh.
>>
>>Does there exist such a program that I can use? Where can I find it? 

Hmmm ... GSymbolix, or MathGraph, maybe? Both should be available on
ground.isca.uiowa.edu and apple2.caltech.edu.

>>I have an Apple IIgs with 512K of RAM and an ImageWriter II printer.
>>Will I need more RAM?

>I can't help with your question, but I recommend that you get more memory.
>You can expand to 1.25 meg by just adding 24 memory chips and two jumpers
>to the memory card that you already have in your computer.
>You'll need it to run the latest system software (6.0.1)

Actually, to get good performance, 4MB are recommended. If you want to
be able to load a lot of nifty extras and still have RAM to spare, a
card that can be upgraded to 8MB is a very good choice.

I know that Sequential do a very inexpensive 4MB card as well as
another, slightly more expensive, card that can take 8MB (4MB soldered
on). I have the latter and am very happy with it ... it's nice and
small, very reliable, and works will with the RF DMA.

There's an alternative to the Sequential cards, but I forgot who
manufactures them.

Whatever you buy, make sure it has at least 4MB of RAM. At the low
price these cards go for these days, it'd be a waste of money to go to
1.25MB just to throw that relatively small upgrade out later.

Yours
Soenke

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