Re: RAMWorks 2 Chips

[mdj <mdj.mdj@gmail.com>]

On Jun 15, 7:40 am, "Michael J. Mahon" <mjma...@aol.com> wrote:

> > It looks like it may have been written originally to claim 16 MB maximum
> > capacity, but then amended to reflect the actual maximum they were
> > planning on selling, but someone missed changing the "16" to "3".
>
> At the time, 16MB of DRAM would have made for a *very* expensive
> Apple II--and a little warm, too!  And with the 1Mb chips available,
> the "stack" of even full-sized extenders would have covered another
> slot, negating one of the claimed advantages.  ;-)

The extenders are kept *very* short, occupying only the sloping area
and a little of the 'flat', meaning you could still squeeze a serial
card into slot 1. Although, it would probably have to be one of the
third party cards - the SSC is quite long.

Matt