Re: Apple IIGS 256KB-only RAM card from Apple

[magnusfalkirk <dean.phares@gmail.com>]

On Jun 21, 9:40 am, "sfahey" <sfa...@a2central.com.remove-pe8-this>
wrote:
>   To: Linards Ticmanis
>   Re: Re: Apple IIGS 256KB-only RAM card from Apple
>   By: Linards Ticmanis to comp.sys.apple2 on Thu Jun 21 2007 12:16 pm
>
>  > Well.. why would they have wanted to produce *a IIgs* that had only 256
>  > KB of RAM?
>
> RAM was expensive. This was a starter card, which was OK for many people
> because nothing had been written yet to use more RAM. Early on, the GS was just
> a uber-//e...
>
> This card had a short life-span anyway. Apple figured out it was as cost
> effective to produce a 1MB card, solder 256K on it and make it expandable -
> then the marketing department could take over.
>
> Ah, the good ol' days.
>
> I remember being impressed that a GS could have 512MB in it... what would I do
> with that much RAM?! After a year or so, some of new games coming out wanted
> 768MB and I got over being impressed.
>
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I realize in this day of high memory computers it's easy to hit MB
when you mean K, since a 512MB, or 768MB, IIGS would be an
impossibility. ;-)

Dean