Re: Help IIgs How much RAM

[nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates)]

In article <5313sk$ip9@fnnews.fnal.gov>,
kevin kuk <kuk@polaris.fnal.gov> wrote:
>I've look over the FAQ and could not find a answer to tell how much
>RAM a IIgs has? 

   Thanks for the reminder. I'll see about adding that real soon
now. :)  [Tonight, if work doesn't get hyperbusy]

   Short answer that I'm likely to drop cut and paste into the FAQ:

   Go to the control panel (control-open apple-escape), and select
the RAM disk. Look at the maximum possible size reported. Add 128K.
(The system reserves a chunk of memory for programs, no matter what.)
That's a good estimate.

   Sequential Systems (http://www.sequential.com) sells 2MB and 4MB
ramcards.

>Inventory of the system:
> Apple II gs ROM version 01

   256K RAM on the motherboard.

> Apple IIgs Memory Expansion with 32 memory chips on it (I opened the cover
> and looked)

   If that's the Apple card, then it provides extra ram in 256K banks,
8 chips per bank. Thus, you should have 1.25MB of RAM-- System 6 will
run, but it's a tight fit.

Nathan Mates
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