Re: Which GS memory card?

[nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates)]

In article <584t7j$c8g@netnews.upenn.edu>,
Marcus G Bell <bellm@mail.med.upenn.edu> wrote:
>I don't see this in the FAQ.

   I don't really feel it's my place to endorse any one of a similar
but competing set of products. [On the other hand, ProTERM is by far
the best choice for pre-GS machines, there is no competitor to my GUPP
program, and a few other places.] RAM cards have always had the
largest variety in makers, models, etc.

>Also, just to be sure, can I add one of these boards to a ROM 01
>machine with a 1 meg apple card already installed, to get 5+ megs
>(assuming I get a 4 meg board)?

   Nope. There is 1 slot dedicated to memory expansion on the GS. AE
had a card that could apparently connect multiple RAM cards, but that
apparently didn't support DMA. Thus, you'd get the slight bit of extra
ram, but pay a speed penalty in disk access, etc. Not worth it for
most people; 4.25MB ram is plenty fine for 95% of all users.

Nathan

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