Re: CFFA for IIc and IIc+?

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On Apr 8, 10:53 am, "Simon D. Williams" <ad...@retro-net.org> wrote:
> On Wed, 8 Apr 2009, a2retro wrote:
> > 3) While I am on the subject of the memory expansion bus, lets not throw
> > the baby out with the bath water. I felt early on, I wanted to include what I
> > was possibly replacing since there is only room for one card at a time. Would
> > someone want to leave out the 1MB Memory card they have grown used to in
> > favor of a CF/SDCard? This is why I started with emulating the 1MB memory
> > card when I started my project. (I know CB has 512KB of SRAM which is a good
> > thing :)
>
> How many 8-bit applications really make use of the memory expansion? I use
> mine as a RAM disk, for which purpose an SD card would be much better
> suited. I can't imagine there'd be much of a performance hit... or at
> least not a noticeable one.
>
> ] SIMON D WILLIAMS


Sorry for the double post - I didn't realize there was a bit of a
delay for the post to be updated

The extra RAM would be a huge boon for software writers like me.
I have been writing modules for using the mouse - a mouse-text based
desktop environment, desk accessories (calendar, calculator, notepad,
todo list, games, etc.), as well as the more common uses for the extra
memory, like Appleworks and Ram disks.

I have a 1 meg Z-Ram Ultra 2 in my IIc+ but I am constantly struggling
to find spare memory to install all these goodies.  I would like to
see a minimum of 2 MB for expansion memory and an option for as much
as 4 MB.  No memory will go unused as it would be great to have them
in memory all at the same time.

Rob