Re: I'm a New IIGS Owner, Enlighten Me.

[byron@b60z27hbb464i.ab.hsia.telus.net (Byron)]

In article <3A552B9E.7D554764@fwi.com>, What Up wrote:
> and my youthful optimism back, all for $20 dollars.

Sounds like the best part. ;-)

><===Question===>

>What is the best way for me to go about upgrading the memory, I've seen
>people upgrading their stuff to 1 Meg, and I've seen memory cards that
>said the go up to 8 megs upgradable?  What do you think, good, bad?
>Compatible. I need opinions. Is there more cool stuff I should add
>special in. All it has now is the Memory Expansion Card, that's looking
>pretty empty...  Sorry I'm rambling so much, but I'm just so excited
>that I got a middle school love, that I get to keep.. Laters

The invoice said 512kB.  If that is the case, then it is usually a simple
task to upgrade the machine to ~1 MB -- and those Packard Bells may present
the solution.  Find an old Intel box which uses the same type of chip RAM
that your IIgs's memory expansion card uses, buy then pillage!  You are
probably looking for an XT class machine.  Such machines should cost no
more than a couple of dollars.

Further upgrades?  It all depends what you use your machine for.  Your
best bet is probably to start using it, then figuring out what you need
from there.  My guess is that most people would be happy with 4MB RAM, and
hard drive.  But, if your youthful enthusiasm sends you into an upgrade
spree, the sky is pretty much the limit.

Have fun.

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