Re: Uprgading IIgs

[shack@deimos.frii.com (Randy Shackelford)]

In article <19970617003714182057@dempson.actrix.gen.nz>,
David Empson <dempson@actrix.gen.nz> wrote:

>> >(Incidentally, Apple Australia pulled a really nasty trick with the
>> >memory card: instead of Apple's 1MB card with 256KB preinstalled, they
>> >had their own small 256KB card that was not upgradable.  You had to buy
>> >another card to upgrade the memory, resulting in a lot of completely
>> >useless spare 256KB cards around Australia and New Zealand.)
>> 
>>     Interesting bit of trivia, never heard that one before. Were these
>> cards official Apple products (with an xxx-xxxx-xx product label code)
>> or 3rd party manufactured specially for those sold in AU/NZ.
>
>I don't have the card any more - I lent it to someone who had a ROM 1
>IIgs with no memory card at all!
>
>The box says "Made in Australia"; the back has Apple Australia's
>address.  The packing list says the part number is A661-0256.

Hmm, I have a normal 1 mb Apple card which says made in Australia too.
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Randy Shackelford                                 
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