Re: Extra RAM in a IIe?

["Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com>]

magnusfalkirk wrote:
> On May 20, 9:14 pm, mojoehand <mojoeh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > OK, putting large amounts of RAM in a IIgs makes perfect sense, as GS/
> > OS will use it. What use is a large RAM card (beyond the standard 64K,
> > 80 Column card) in a IIe? Using it as a printer buffer is the obvious
> > answer, but one that I wouldn't find personally useful.
>
> Appleworks will make use of the extra memory and so will other
> programs, such as Publish It!, that are designed to make use of it.
> There aren't a lot of programs that can do anything with it but there
> are a few.

Disk copy programs are generally capable of using extra RAM (of any
kind) to minimize or eliminate disk swapping during copying.

This does not use the RAM as a RAM disk, but simply as additional RAM.

-michael

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