Re: AE GS-RAM Plus compatibility?

[Wolfgang <w@work.com>]

Mitchell Spector wrote:
>     Just received an Applied Engineering GS-RAM Plus memory
> card in the mail last week and have some questions about it.
>
> First some details...
>
> - Revision-D board, manufactured mid-1989
> - Has "GSPLD1A-Q" and "GSPLD2A-Q" GALs
> - I fully populated it to 6 MB (using 1MBx1 DRAMs pulled from a 386)
>
>     Interestingly enough, despite the mention of these GALs being
> only compatible with the ROM 01 firmware, the card appears to
> function just _fine_ in my ROM 3. I ran the AE diagnostic from an
> old AW 2 Expander disk I had from years ago, and Bit Banger, yet
> neither detected any errors. It also booted into the Finder desktop
> with several system extensions loaded. Is there some specific glitch
> it has on the ROM 3?

I got a RAM Plus from a friendly coworker in the original package.
The ROM3 chip was included ( It had the ROM1 installed) and I just 
thought this was the standard.

Did the Ram Plus came in two flavors? So for Rom1 and another for Rom3.

The card has 2 Meg populated which is also indicated on the package.
What is the benefit to populate it up to 8 Meg?