Re: IIc memory expansion chips

[julian814@hotmail.com (Ralph Glatt)]

"Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast DOT net> wrote in message news:<PJCdnU7-saUNHbPcRVn-rg@comcast.com>...
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> : > "Simon Williams" <bill_gates@microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> : >
> : > > I'm considering picking up a 1 meg card for my //c or IIc+
>  (if it fits).
> : > > Sun Remarketing has them for $49, but only come with 128K
>  installed.
> : >
> : > The card should come with 256K.
> : >
> : > > 1) anyone know of a better deal?
> : >
> : > You might pay half that on an eBay aution. They got a fairly
>  large shipment
> : > in.
> :
> : I'd like to know who. I have rarely seen these memory cards on
>  eBay,
> : and the one time I did, the bidding went to about $40. Figure
>  in
> : shipping, and that'd be about the same as buying from Sun.
> 
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=571667411
> 2
> 
> They've been selling them left and right. I asked them
> a few days ago and they said they've got around 40 of
> them.

I tried the auction posted, went up to the point where it would cost
the same as buying from Sun directly, and gave up. I do have one on
order from Sun, but if I can get another cheaply, I'll go for it! ;-)

> 
> : > > 2) can I "steal" RAM from my spare IIgs 1 meg card for the
> : > > 3) what's the best source of chips to fully populate the
>  card?
> : >
> : > Yah, those will work fine. The only useful purpose for
>  keeping old Apple
> : > IIGS memory cards around is to raid them for their RAM.
> :
> : Yes! I have a couple of 1 meg cards, and was wondering what I'd
>  be
> : able to do with them, since I already have a 4 meg card in my
>  GS, and
> : a 6 meg GS RAM Plus waiting for some chips.
> 
> Speaking of, have you placed that in the mail yet?
> I want to get it filled for you and get it back to you.

Going to do that today. I have the day off of school, and have some
running around I need to do.


Ralph Glatt