Re: AII Memory Expanison card

[apple2pd@ground.ecn.uiowa.edu (ground.ecn AppleII Librarian)]

In article <3D0B927B.FF20F18@intergate.ca>,
Wayne Stewart  <waynes@intergate.ca> wrote:
>"ground.ecn AppleII Librarian" wrote:
>> 
>> I am trying to determine the viability of a used AII Memory Expansion card
>> (slinky).  It has 8 4256 chips installed in columns 4, 8, 12, 16 in rows A
>> and C.  Ie, chips in A4 A8 A12 A16 C4 C8 C12 and C16.  This doesn't seem
>> correct and the board is not recogonized in Prodos via in# or pr#,
>> although the c400 space is read correctly (slot 4).
>
>They have a wierd way of populating the board but that is correct.
>I can email you a scan of that page of the manual which includes a
>diagram 
>if you wish.
>
>You can try the cards self test
>CALL-151 return
>Cn0AG return
>n is the slot number the card is in
>

Thanks Wayne, I forgot the self test.  Looks like problems:

"
C40AG

MEMORY CARD TEST
ESC TO EXIT
TEST WILL TAKE 45 SECONDS
CARD SIZE = 256K

PASSES = 0000

CARD FAILED
DATA ERROR 020000 - 20
SEE DEALER FOR SERVICE
"

It is the "SEE DEALER FOR SERVICE" I am worried about ;)  Sounds fatal.

Any clue in the manual what data error 020000 - 20 is?

  --Steve

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 --Steve  (apple2pd@ground.ecn.uiowa.edu)