Re: Do I Need More Than 4MB RAM In My IIgs?

[Tempest <tempest@atariprotos.com>]

On Jul 19, 10:28 am, schmidtd <schmi...@my-deja.com> wrote:
> On Jul 19, 10:03 am, Tempest <temp...@atariprotos.com> wrote:
>
> > On Jul 19, 12:39 am, Mark Frischknecht <appleii...@gmail.com> wrote:> On 2010-07-16 19:13:40 -0700, Tempest <temp...@atariprotos.com> said:
>
> > > > If I'm only using my IIgs for games, is there any reason to have more
> > > > than 4MB?  I know some games like Wolfenstein need 4MB, but would
> > > > adding more memory help it run better or is that strictly dictated by
> > > > the accelerator card?
>
> > > But if you have lots of CDA's NDA's & inits that you have loaded more
> > > than 4 megs  helps
>
> > CDA?  NDA?
>
> Fromhttp://www.vectronicsappleworld.com/appleii/iigs.html:
>
> "The IIgs supported two types of desk accessories: classic desk
> accessories (CDA) and new desk accessories (NDA). A classic desk
> accessory could be activated only by the press of the keyboard and
> could be run with older Apple II programs. A new desk accessory ran
> only in the IIgs desktop environment and was available from a pull
> down menu, similar to a Macintosh Apple Menu item. The Control Panel
> was a classic desk accessory built into the IIgs. A user called up the
> Control Panel by simultaneously pressing open-apple-control-escape.
> The Control Panel allowed a user to set the speed of the processor,
> the color of the text and background, the responsiveness of the keys
> on the keyboard, the volume of the speaker, and the configuration of
> the slots."

So the answer is "No", at least not for my purposes.  There are no
games that require or make use of more than 4MB.