RE: RAM CARDS for IIGS

[bpvh@shell1.msn.fullfeed.com (Bradley VonHaden)]

Sedgwick <sedgwick@wsunix.wsu.edu> wrote:

>The ad for the GS-RAM+ claimed that the card was fully DMA
>compatible and was being endorsed by Steve Wozniak. I was
>interested in the AE RAMKEEPER because you could put 2 8meg RAM
>Cards on it and expand your IIGS to 16megs of RAM with leaving
>Slot 7 open for a SCSI card.

I have the AE's Winter/Spring 1989 catalog and it does mention
powering up to 16 megs of memory.  What good will that do?  I thought
the IIgs could only handle 8 megs.  Or can the other 8 be used as a
RAM disk?

A RamKeeper with two memory cards attached is NOT DMA compatible,
regardless if the two memory cards by themselves are DMA compatible.

The GS-Ram+ (rev A) is not DMA compatible at all.  The GS-Ram+ (rev D
or better) is fully DMA compatible, but will only DMA up to 4 megs
(will not DMA the last two megs).

>I am also interested in hearing from people who own or have owned
>Octoram cards, GSJUICE, and GSSauce cards. I believe that these
>are all memeory expansion cards but I have never seen any reviews
>on them. Information that I want to know is whether they are full
>DMA compatible and what there max RAM is. I assume that the
>Octoram is expandible to 8megs just because of the name.

While I do not own any of the above (I have AE GS-Ram+ (rev D) and
2-piggybacked CV-Tech 4 meg cards) here is some review info:

     GS Sauce       : GS+ v2.1
     CV Tech 4 meg  : GS+ v2.6
     CV-Ram 8 meg   : GS+ v4.3
                      inCider/A+ July '93
     OctoRam        : Call-Apple '87

Sequential Systems is currently selling an 8 meg board for the IIgs:

     8 megs (for the ROM 1)      $399
     7 megs (for the ROM 3)      $349
     4 megs (expandable to 8)    $199

It is DMA compatible to 8 megs.  ABC Direct is also in the process of
making an 8 meg card for the IIgs.

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