Re: Help IIgs How much RAM

[spec@vax2.concordia.ca (Mitchell Spector)]

In article guenter@student.uni-kl.de (Marvin) writes...
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>Just try to get a System 6 system disk and boot it. Most old machines
>are 1.25 MB systems, some old systems have only 512 or 768 K and the

    That method isn't fool-proof. I've been able to launch the stock 
'System Disk' (System 6.0.1) on a 768K Apple IIgs; even the Finder
desktop and mouse-pointer appear.  Obviously it cannot launch any 
software like this and I doubt it would take much to crash the Finder, 
so 1.125MB _is_ the minimum (you'd no more want to use less RAM than
you would want to fly a plane with less fuel to reach your destination;
in both cases, sooner or later you'll crash! ;-)

    To check your memory, either examine the RAM Disk's 'Largest 
Selectable' size in the Control Panel, or pop the lid and look 
at the card in the Memory Expansion socket (assuming your familar
reading chip part numbers and calculating that).

>most machines of the people who are still active on comp.sys.apple2
>have 4 or 8 MB.

    I'd definitely recommend at least 4MB these days, considering how
inexpensive memory is. I have a Sequential Systems RAM-GS board in
both my GSes, the first cost me US$110 two years ago and the second
only US$25 just last year (although the latter was a bit unusual :-)

    The current cost for a new board is US$89 and roughly half that
or less second-hand. It makes little sense to fuss with the old
1MB boards Apple original sold or shipped with GSes.

Mitchell Spector
spec@vax2.concordia.ca