Re: upgrading a stock rom3 gs

[Wayne Stewart <waynes@intergate.ca>]

Sean wrote:

> I wonder about the mem requirement, tho. I am running system 6 on a
> rom01 gs with only a 1 meg add on plus the 256K stock ram (1.25 meg
> total) and it seems to work. I had always heard ya need 2 meg. --
> Apparently not.

Depends how much of System 6 you install. If you just install the
abreviated version that's on the System disk and not too much more
you can run it. However if you install the complete package, that is:
everything that's on all the System 6 disks then 1.25mb isn't enough
to run it.
As our User groups software librarian I had numerous occurances of
someone picking up System at a meeting when I was busy and the
next day I'd get a call that their IIgs wouldn't boot. Have to talk
them through shift boot and removing a buch of stuff from their
System folder.

    Wayne