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From: gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Memory chips, was:  Re: BITNET mail follows
Message-ID: <12799@smoke.BRL.MIL>
Date: 7 May 90 18:33:37 GMT
References: <2545@crash.cts.com>
Organization: U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory
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In article <2545@crash.cts.com> lhaider@pro-sol.cts.com (Lawrence Haider) writes:
>I've just upgraded from a AE GS-RAM, 1.5 MB using 150ns 256K DRAMs to
>an MDIdeas OctoRAM, 8 MB (Fully loaded) using 80ns 1 MB SIMMs.  There
>isn't any noticable improvement in processing speed, but the displays 
>ARE noticiably snappier.  BTW, I'm also running a 7MHz TransWarp.

Well, with a different configuration there are reasons why things might
seem faster, but if you were to switch to 8MB of 120ns SIMMs in the
OctoRAM you should see no difference whatsoever compared to 8MB of 80ns
SIMMs.