Re: Any non-memory cards for IIgs memory expansion slot?

[Eric Smith <eric-no-spam-for-me@brouhaha.com>]

I asked about the maximum IIgs RAM.  Apple claims 4MB, and that's all they
decode, but there exist third party 8MB RAM boards.  There seems to be
enough address space for 14MB.

dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) writes:
> The IIgs Memory Manager toolset has a limitation that it will only look
> for RAM in banks $00 to $7F (hence the 8 MB limit) plus it expects to
> find the motherboard "slow" RAM in banks $E0 and $E1.
> 
> There is also a hardware restriction: the FPI/CYA chip is responsible
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Thanks for the detailed explanation!  That's exactly the sort of
information I wanted.