Re: Mega RAM 80?

[erik@hypermall.com (Erik Kloeppel)]

In article <DA909x.uF@news.hawaii.edu>, gkomatsu@uhunix3.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu
(Galen Tatsuo Komatsu) wrote:

>         Anyone heard of this card for the //e?
> 
>         I ran into a dirt cheap //e at a thrift shop today (didn't
> buy it though as I was commuting via bus, but if it's still there
> this weekend... =^)  which had plugged into the auxiliary slot
> something called "Mega RAM 80" (I think that was the name, I'm
> writing from foggy memory)  from the angle I was at I couldn't
> see anything pointing to a manufacturer (and the card seemed fairly
> "stuck" in the slot, I didn't really want to spend time prying
> it out).
> 
>         First of all, considering where it was installed and by
> the name, it's an 80 column card.  Second, from the sea of chips
> on it (and from the name too =^), it adds on more than just an
> extra 64k of memory.  But how much memory?  (shoudl've tried
> getting a closer look and counting the chips...)  Any special
> features of it? quirks?  Can I expect Appleworks to recognize it?
> 
Hmm.. sure it's not the Meg80Z from Sequential Systems?  If it is, it has
a Meg on board, and is fully compatible with Appleworks (and the usual sea
of other 'ware too)

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