Re: Appleworks 2.0 and 4 meg RAM???

[corem@pro-greens.cts.com (Chuck Orem)]

twdorr01@starbase.spd.louisville.edu (Thomas Dorris) writes:

>I have an Apple ][gs ROM 01 running System 6.0.1 with a GS Juice Plus,
>equipped with 4 meg RAM.  Everything seems to be just peachy with my new
>memory, except Appleworks 2.0!!!  It gets to the point where it starts

Yeah, it's an AppleWorks 2.0 thing. The only real solution is to upgrade...
It bit me when I bought a CV Tech 4 Meg piggyback card bringing my total
system RAM to 5.25 Meg. I'd load AppleWorks 2.0, and when I'd go to open a
file, it would tell me I had 8 Meg free... and then crash badly, requiring a
cold boot to restart.

They say, that if you create a large enough /ram5 volume, that you can avoid
the bug by not letting AW 2.0 see all your free memory...  They are wrong, at
last in my case they were. Your mileage may vary.

>The last interesting point about this situation is that if I set the 
>jumper switches on the card so that it's configured for 3 meg, Appleworks
>comes up just fine.  It's that magical 4th bank that's making it throw
>fits... Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Yeah, I think the "magic" number is 2 Megs of free Ram or greater. With only
3 Megs total and running 6.0.1, you probably have a AW desktop of <2 Meg, so
you are avoiding the bug.

QC only charged me $99 to upgrade from 2.0 to 4.0...


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