Re: IIgs Applied Engineering "GS-RAM" card question.

[quadrajet1@aol.com (Quadrajet1)]

>Hello,
>	My IIgs has an Applied Engineering "GS-RAM" card, with two of the 6
>rows of chips populated.  It takes 14 pin "41256p-12"'s  (I'm not sure
>on the 'p').  I assume these are 120ns DRAM chips.  If I remove the
>card, the IIg2 control panel reports that I have 171K of ram.  With the
>card in, I have an additional 512K.  So, if I fully populate the card
>I'll have 2.5M + 171K (why is it 171K?)  Is that enough to run GS-OS? 
>I've always wanted to try GS-OS.  
>
>	Where can I get the chips to finish populating the card?  My
>brother-in-law has an Applied Engineering RamWorks II card in his IIe. 
>It has 150ns chips on it.  He doesn't use his IIe.  Can that card (which
>is currently in the AUX slot?) work in my IIgs as is?  Barring that,
>will the 150ns chips on it work in my IIgs ram card?
>
>	Is it cheaper to get chips for my card, or just to purchase a fully
>populated card from someone else?

    I have PLENTY of the chips, and fully populated your card would hold 1.5
Megs, not 2.5.  Yes, the 150 ns chips should work fine in a IIgs, as slow as it
is.

Raymond