Re: Help Identify this RAM Card

[tturner@ecn.ab.ca ()]

witka (witka@v-wave.com) wrote:
: My //e has 256K ram (or so AppleWorks tells me), I have an 80 column
: card which would bring the total to 128K then I have another card which
: obviously adds another 128K. It says "AII Memory Expansion Apple
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--> David Empson answered your questions - I'm just lettin' ya
    know 'bout RAM choices locally . . .

    Cal-Draft (1977) Ltd.
    10115 - 157 St.
    Edmonton, AB.
    489-0732

    Is about the only place left in town where you can get the 256K
    RAM chips for your IIe expansion card. I went through them three
    years ago for RAM for my Laser 128/EX. They had the 64K chips
    and the 256K chips, in stock. Expect to pay a premium price;
    as they indicated that they paid xx dollars for them when they
    were still being utilized, and they wouldn't let them go for any
    less than what they paid. They were 120 ns speed, which is better
    than the 150 your current chips are. AFAIK, if you keep the
    `slower' chips in Bank Zero, then there's no problem with using
    faster chips in the higher Banks - they're just treated as all
    being 150's. The other way around is not recommended, I've heard
    and that makes sense. You may be able to find another local source
    for these lod RAM chips, but I doubt it. Those two IIe's I picked
    up this weekend had only basic stuff; 80-colum card, SSC and drive
    controller; but if you check out the Goodwill shops and Value
    Village, you may find a `loaded' IIe with a RAM-card already
    populated, for less than the cost of new RAM chips at Cal-Draft.
    Good luck, either way.
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