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From: stgeorge@pnet51.orb.mn.org (Steve George)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: GS Sauce card from Harris Labs
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Date: 10 Jun 90 07:45:05 GMT
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I've had one for about 4 months now and its great.  Bought the card empty and
populated it with 80ns "Fast Page" mac-style SIMMs.  After educating about 6
mailorder companies that there is such a product (the IIGS) most couldn't
believe that ANY Apple II computer could possibly use SIMMs, let along Fast
Page ones.  Not a single dealer I called (out of the back of MacLeak) had EVER
heard of a IIGS!

Its full at 4 Megs and resides in the front slot of a Checkmate Memory Saver. 
The (default) 6 AA nicads keep it powered just over 3 hours.  In comparison,
the nicads lasted about2 when the MS contained 1 Apple 1 Meg cards.

So far only one program has choked on it, but the upgrade solved that.  (AW
2.0/1? gave the bogus numbers of having a desktop of 6+ Megs, and promptly
died into the monitor.  AW 3.0 lives happily with it.)

And, does the machine ever run cooler now!  :)   The SIMMS don't get much over
slightly-warm to the touch if that.

Got mine from a very knowledgeable fella at KAT, 8423 W 89th St., Overland
Park, KS 66212-3039   (913) 642-4611  Tell him I sent ya.  (No association
except as a satisfied customer.)

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