Re: RAMWorks 2 Chips

[dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)]

James Littlejohn <narguthru@yahoo.com> wrote:

> On Jun 13, 7:01 pm, "ict@ccess" <gids...@sasktel.net> wrote:
> 
> >
> > Looks like it can hold up to 16 MB
> >
> > http://ae.applearchives.com/apple_e/ramworks_ii/ramworks_ii_brochure.pdf
> 
> Am I missing something here?
> (13684K)= 16 Meg : (3072K)= 3 Meg
> I think there was a (BIG) typo in the sales catalog.

I assume you are referring to this:

"Expandable to 16 Meg (3072K) with expander (piggy-back) card"

Ouch.

Technically the "16 Meg" figure is accurate. The RamWorks is
theoretically expandable that far, as it has an 8-bit bank address
register (assuming the main board was designed to address that much on
the expansion board). It would just be a question of whether a 16 MB
expansion card was ever made.

AFAIK, 2 MB was the largest card Applied Engineering ever produced for
it.

It looks like it may have been written originally to claim 16 MB maximum
capacity, but then amended to reflect the actual maximum they were
planning on selling, but someone missed changing the "16" to "3".

-- 
David Empson
dempson@actrix.gen.nz