Re: IIgs RAM expansion options

[buggie@mirac.unm.edu (stephen e buggie)]

I have a Chinook 4 megger, several Ram GS AE boards, but my FAVORITE is
the QRAM 4 megger that uses 1 meg SIMM BOARDS.

I dont like the idea that if one SIMM chip blows, you must replace the
whole 8-chip soldered board.  BUT, the one meg 30-pin SIMMS are very cheap
---- about $5 per board on the net ----- at a flea market, I got several
working simms for just $1 each!!!

This QRAM 4 meg board is also called the PaceMark 4 meg board.
Works perfectly in my IIgs.

Steve Buggie





vax2.concordia.ca (spec@vax2.concordia.ca) wrote:
: >pdueck@pli.mb.ca (Perry Dueck) wrote,

: >Summary: the Sirius is DMA capatible at 4MB.  It is cheaper than the
: >nonexpandable Sequential card at 4MB.

:     Actually they're both equally matched in price, last I checked each
: card is available for US$89 with 4 MB installed (the RAM GS Plus, OTOH,
: costs US$109 with 4 MB installed, making it

: >It _is_ expandable in the future should you chose, unlike the Sequential
: >card. Why would anyone want to buy the Sequential card?

:     Well there is certainly now reason to consider both with the price
: drop, but I still think the upgrade option (while admittely nice) is
: not something most would really have a need for, unless you have some
: spare SIMMs about and want to keep a 3 or 4 megabyte RAMDisk on hand.
: The fact remains there is trouble once you exceed the GS's DMA limit
: and there are no programs that require anywhere near 8 MB.

:     One slight advantage is the RAM GS board is not physically as large
: as the Sirius and the memory does not stick out and touch the side of
: the case (in fact you'll probably end up wanting to place a thin slip
: of plastic or cardboard insulator between it and the case). Also worth
: mentioning is the 2 year warranty you get with Sequential's card.

: Mitchell Spector
: spec@vax2.concordia.ca