Re: More help with some GS cards.

[mjmahon@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon)]

Lockar asked:

>   I found that I had another GS in storage that I didn't know about. 
>I hooked it up, but it doesn't seem to run right.  It crashes alot and
>when I created a RAM disk any copy things to it, it gives me an I/O
>error (after I formated the RAM disk).
>
>   Because this GS has some cards in it that I am sure about I was
>hoping that you guys could help me out on them.
>
>   The first one is a ram card.  It says it's RAM-GS.  The GS says it
>has 2 meg on it. 
>
>     http://www.locutus.org/apple2images/ramfront.jpg
>
>     Questions:  What kind of chips does this use to fill up the banks? 
>Also what does the jumper do?  Will this work in a ROM 03 GS? (I know
>some GS Ram cards will not).  And lastly, if you look at the back of
>the card it looks like Sequental Systems is missed spelled.

Interesting!  The chips are 1meg x 1 "zig-zag" chips--someone here
was offering some recently.

>http://www.locutus.org/apple2images/ramback.jpg
>
>   Secound card seems to be some type of sound card.  It has a switch
>in the back of it that says ON / OFF and a Big Earphones plug on it.  
>What makes this sound card any better then the one that is already
>built in on the GS?

It decodes stereo--the IIgs is natively mono.

>    http://www.locutus.org/apple2images/soundview1.jpg
>
>    http://www.locutus.org/apple2images/soundview2.jpg
>
>     Thanks for any help on these cards... :D

-michael

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