Re: Apple II Memory Expansion Card

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

Warren Ernst wrote:

> This is a "Slinky-style" Ram card. Applied Engineering made a version
> of this card called the RamFactor card, which I presently have in my
> //e.

> And then I would leave the Apple on for months and months at a time.
> Really. I think my record was 7 months in 1991.

AE used to sell a "RamCharger" add on that was a power supply plus
battery in a box. You left the power on to the RamCharger box and
therefore never lost any contents. I think a fully populated RamFactor
was 5mb, if you had the add on memory board.

Anyone who had one these days could probably very easily recreate the
RamCharger feature, and it's also probably very simple hack the Apple
Slinky to behave the same way.

Of course these days, the CFFA card basically provides you a Slinky
card, but with flash ram instead, they do however run considerably
slower than Slinky cards from what I understand.

Matt