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From: toddpw@tybalt.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: GS Ram Expansion Options
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Date: 29 Aug 90 19:43:02 GMT
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STEIN@UCONNVM.BITNET (Alan Stein) writes:

>  1.  Will the standard Apple brand GS ramcard (the one that fits into the
>auxiliary slot in my GS) work on his Rom 3 GS?  I would assume so, but want
>to double check before putting it in his machine.

It will work fine. The memory expansion slots in the ROM 1 and 3 are identical
for all intents and purposes.

>  2.  Will 2 megs be sufficient for him?  His main application is Appleworks
> GS.

Should be. Depends on how many documents he wants to have open at once.

>  3.  What ramcard should I buy and should I buy it populated or bare and then
>install my own chips?   Some options I've seen are:  (I want at least 2 megs
>and probably don't need any more for a while but would like the future
>capacity for more.)

I bought a GS Sauce, unpopulated, from LRO computer sales ($89+s&h,
800-869-9152), and have been extremely pleased with it for three weeks or so.
It takes SIMMs.

>  I can also probably get 3 megs worth of discarded 256K Simms taken
>out of a Mac gratis if there's a card that accepts them.

Only card I know of is the OctoRAM, but that only takes 8 simms (2 megs if you
use 256K'ers). Don't know of any cards that take more -- there's isn't much
space left in the case at that point, anyway...

Todd Whitesel
toddpw @ tybalt.caltech.edu