Re: RAM cards

["ict@ccess" <gids.rs@sasktel.net>]

KP wrote:
> A few questions about RAM cards:
>
> 1) The Oxen Industries (now remarketed by MC Pricebusters) "Super
> Expander E" is marketed as a clone of the AE RAMWorks card.  However,
> I am concerned that the Super Expander E would not be recognized by
> non-AppleWorks programs (the card comes with software for patching AW,
> but not for patching other software).  Is the Super Expander E
> unrecognized by other software that would normally recognize an AE
> RAMWorks card?  e.g., CP/AM, some of the Beagle Bros. programs that
> utilize expanded RAM, etc.?
>
> 2) Can you use both a RAMFactor and an Aux card at once in a //e?
> Would the total available RAM reflect both cards, or just one card?
>
> 3) Can you use both a RAMFactor and a Mem-slot card at once in a
> IIgs?  Would the total available RAM reflect both cards, or just one
> card?
>
> 4) If you used an 8-Meg Mem-slot card and a 1-Meg RAMFactor
> simultaneously in a IIgs, then would the total available RAM be 9 Meg
> (or nearly 10 Meg in a ROM 03)?
>
> Thanks!

You can have more than one memory card plugged in but only one can be
used for expansion RAM in appleworks and the other as a RAM drive or
you can have two RAM drives.

A Ramfactor card can never be used as expansion RAM for programs, only
as a data storage media.

Rob