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Re: Counting Memory on II+ / IIe
- Subject: Re: Counting Memory on II+ / IIe
- From: Roger Johnstone <rojaws@es.co.nz>
- Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2003 00:39:13 +0000 (UTC)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
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In <Xns93456AF8B375nospamever@216.166.71.230> Intelligoth wrote:
> Are there any utilities that allow you to display the installed amount
> of RAM on an Apple II+ or IIe? I'm wanting something similar to a PC
> BIOS Startup screen that counts and checks the RAM on boot-up. I
> know that I will have to incorporate it into the HELLO file for RAM to
> be displayed on boot.
>
> Reason I ask is that I have a couple of Memory cards for my Apples but
> don't know how much physical RAM is installed on them.
>
> Also, I have Z80 cards for both my Apples, but what are these used for?
> I never had Z80 expansions installed back in the 80's when I cut my
> teeth on these systems, but I've managed to find a box of spare cards
> from a local liquidator and included were 2 Z80s.
>
> Cheers
> -Ed
>
There's a nifty utility called SlotScan which will tell you how much
memory your computer has and what cards are present. It recognises at
least some of the extended memory schemes and will even run on a 16KB
Apple II.
<http://www.gno.org/pub/apple2/appledos33/system/>
--
Roger Johnstone, Invercargill, New Zealand
Apple II - FutureCop:LAPD - iMac Game Wizard
http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~rojaws/
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