Re: GS RAM III

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

tturner@ecn.ab.ca writes ...
> 
> --> I finally got the IIGS back up and running; but while
>     doing so - I had stripped it down and cleaned/dusted/re-seated
>     chips/mobo and re-connected/untangled cables, etc.
> 
>     I noticed that there was a GS memory card with 2meg of RAM
>     on it and that it could take up to 4meg, according to the empty
>     `slots'.  I use the word: `slots', loosely; as the RAM chips
>     I'll need appear to `stand-up' and have a different configuration
>     of `feet' than other's I've seen - they look much like the RAM
>     chips I had to send away for to upgrade my PC's video card many
>     moons ago.  Not yer `standard' RAM chip, that's fer shure . . .
> 
>     Point being that I'm pretty sure I'll not be able to order RAM
>     for this card.  So: does anyone know where I can get RAM chips
>     for my GS RAM III card?
> 
 ....

     The GS RAM III from AE may be the best 4MB expansion memory board ever
produced for the IIgs. It is very compact, produces little heat, and uses less
power than other expansion memory cards. The one down side is that the Zip
package RAM IC's are not commonly available. Here's a FAQs snip which may help
...


ref. Csa2 FAQs-on-Ground ref: Csa2HDWHACK.txt
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From: David Chiu, Dick Pirong, Bart, Paul Grammens 

017- Where can I get the "Zip" package chips to expand my AE GS-RAM III 
     memory Expansion card to 4MB? 

     The Applied Engineering GS-RAM III uses 20-pin "Zip" package 1M x 4 DRAMs
(NEC D424400V-80 or OKI H5144024-70).  A few other Apple II memory cards also
use relatively rare Zip package RAM. As of July 2000, you could find the chips
you need at M.C. Howard Electronics ( http://www.mchoward.com/; orders:
1-800-490-6896). 

     As of September 1999, you could find the NEC chip at Spi Semiconductor
(orders: 818-349-4495; http://www.spisemi.com/index.html ).  For other
suppliers, a fairly good try is a current issue of Computer Shopper magazine. 

     Whenever you order these memory IC's, be sure to confirm that the chips
are, in fact, in the Zip package. 
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