Re: IIc memory expansion chips

[julian814@hotmail.com (Ralph Glatt)]

"Sean Fahey" <a2fan@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<rglXc.6370$544.3038@newssvr24.news.prodigy.com>...
> "Simon Williams" <bill_gates@microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:1gj2u1b.1hepjih42kshsN%
> 
> > I'm considering picking up a 1 meg card for my //c or IIc+ (if it fits).
> > Sun Remarketing has them for $49, but only come with 128K installed.
> 
> The card should come with 256K.
> 
> > 1) anyone know of a better deal?
> 
> You might pay half that on an eBay aution. They got a fairly large shipment
> in.

I'd like to know who. I have rarely seen these memory cards on eBay,
and the one time I did, the bidding went to about $40. Figure in
shipping, and that'd be about the same as buying from Sun.

> 
> > 2) can I "steal" RAM from my spare IIgs 1 meg card for the
> > 3) what's the best source of chips to fully populate the card?
> 
> Yah, those will work fine. The only useful purpose for keeping old Apple
> IIGS memory cards around is to raid them for their RAM.

Yes! I have a couple of 1 meg cards, and was wondering what I'd be
able to do with them, since I already have a 4 meg card in my GS, and
a 6 meg GS RAM Plus waiting for some chips.



Ralph Glatt