Re: Help: GS RAM PLUS docs and diags needed

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

Delfs writes ...
> 
> Greets:
> I own a GS RAM PLUS card by Applied Engineering.  I believe it
> ultimately holds 6 Megs, I have 5 on it now.  I got this inside of a GS
> I purchased a while back.  I think it is flakey.  I need some
> documentation to tell me how to fill the card and if there is a utility
> out there to test this specific card and tell me which chips ar bad/
> might be bad, I'd like that too.
>

     If docs are available on-line, they would be on one of the ACN sites
(Florida or Tarnover) or Ground.

     The problem may be having 5MB on the card. The standard max IIgs
expansion is 4MB. Beyond this you are looking at how well everything else in
your system (accelerator, SCSI controller, ...) deals with a card which uses
a kludge to add more memory-- i.e. not all parts of the system may agree
about the existence of the extra memory.

 
> I have done some looking into this and found and interesting question
> posted in a FAQ- What IC do I need to use the GS-RAM Plus in my Apple
> IIgs?  You need the GSPLD1A.1 for a ROM-01 GS and the GSPLD1B.1 for a
> ROM 3.
> 
> Does this mean that if I move to a ROM3 that I will have to get a new
> card?
 ....

     Not necessarily. Probably, you would need to swap in a GSPLD1B.1.



Rubywand