Re: Problems with Asimov!

["william strutts" <wrstrutts1@home.com>]

Does the IIgs support Truetype fonts and/or Adobe
typemanager?

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"Mitchell Spector" <a_specto@alcor.concordia.ca> wrote in message
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> "william strutts" <wrstrutts1@home.com> wrote:
>
> >What does 4meg give you over a smaller memory?  I
> >currently have a Rom 3 system with a 1 meg card which
> >gives me just over 2 meg on the system and System 6.0.1
> >says I have over 1.5 meg open.  Are there apps that
> >require more memory than this?
>
>     If you have 1.25 MB (1280K) that is enough to run 99.9% of
> all existing Apple IIgs software published or released. This will
> be adequate for someone running a floppy based system, just
> wanting to play games and begin exploring the system.
>
>     Adding 4 MB or so becomes essentially once you add a
> hardrive and install GS/OS, especially with several system
> extensions added. There were actually a few programs that
> *required* 2-4 MB to even launch (that > 0.01%) though
> regardless, if your using the IIgs for serious use that extra
> memory _will_ benefit the software. I remember even
> rendering TrueType fonts ate memory rather quickly.
>
>     My own system has 8 MB installed, though I consider
> that overkill (back when my IIgs was my main system, I
> got by nicely with 4-5 MB). It is nice though being able to
> have a RAM Disk active and still have plenty of extra
> memory left over.
>
> Mitchell Spector
> a_specto@alcor.concordia.ca