Re: Sirius Ram IIgs Questions

[!smentzer@ecom.net (Steve Mentzer)]

>
>First, the problem with the Sirius was theoretically with the
>version 1 card (this card has no jumpers and would 'sense' the
>number SIMMs present). Adding the 8th SIMM would cure the problem.
>However, it used the full 1 MB on the ROM 3 motherboard. This
>goes for the version 2 card (a more traditional card with jumpers
>which set the SIMM configuration) also. By the time the version 2
>card came out SIMMs were so cheap that Alltech (i.e. Tony) thought
>it would be less of a hassle to just ship with all 8 MB installed
>regardless if you had a ROM 1 or ROM 3 IIgs.
>
>Like I mentioned, theoretically the problem was solved with the
>version 2 card. But, my own experience and that of others here on
>csa2 and on Delphi has shown that leaving the last socket empty
>still results in less stable behaviour.
>


I have the version 2 card with 8MB installed in a ROM3 GS. The GS will only see  
a total of 8MB of RAM, but the card works fine with a ramfast (3.01f) and a 
transwarp GS.

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