Re: How do I find out about Apple II plus RAM upgrading?

[drsmooth@relex.com (Edhel Iaur)]

"Tom Zuchowski" <tjz@mindspring.com> wrote:

>The II+, IIe, and IIgs use completely different memory cards.

Memory cards compatible with the Apple II Memory Expansion Card will
work in all Apple //s (except the //c) (to varying degrees).

>The II+
>memory organization is =completely= different from the memory organization
>on the IIe

Only if you use those ][+-only cards or aux. RAM cards.

>and even if you get more RAM in your II+ you still will not be
>able to run programs that require 128K.

There's a patch (several patches?) that let AppleWorks run on a ][+.
Maybe I'm thinking of AW 1.3...

>The only program that I know of that actually uses more than 64K of main
>memory RAM on a II+ is Diversi-Copy.

Didn't VisiCalc (when patched) use it, too?

>If you're wanting to use software that requires 128K, your best bet is to
>buy a IIe.

I DO agree with this, tho. :)
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