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Question on AW3 expander that would be resolved by the manual if I could find it



I just tried to open a large text file in AppleWorks 3.0 on my 4MB Apple IIGS, and got told that "This file exceeds the limits of AppleWorks on this Apple //." "2350K" available is displayed in the lower right hand corner of the screen.

AppleWorks reports the text file as 540K.

Many years ago I aquired a PC Transporter card, and it came bundled with the "AppleWorks 3 expander" which was suppost to increase the maximum limits on file sizes in AppleWorks. I had only the 1MB RAM card that came with my IIGS installed at the time, and no hard drive. I later added a hard drive and the 4mb card in that order. I don't remember if I ran AW3 expander after instaling the 4mb card, or even if it was necessary, as it's been over a decade since I did that. Would AW3 expander have allowed me to open that 540K text file and I just forgot to run it after some reinstall, or is it even past the expanded limits? I'd check the manual for the limits on that program, but I can't find it in the dusty old box with all my A2 manuals.

I'm sorry if I composed this question badly, but I do know it's necessary to convery my system configuration and what may or may not have been installed and when. My sketchy memory of things I did 10 years ago doesn't help. The old IIGS is reduced to mostly displaying FAQs for games I'm playing them for the second time to see what I missed.