Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!snorkelwacker!mintaka!dcw From: dcw@lcs.mit.edu (David C. Whitney) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: MacLCw/IIe emulator Message-ID: <1990Oct19.122250.3816@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> Date: 19 Oct 90 12:22:50 GMT References: <9010190335.AA29375@apple.com> Sender: daemon@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu (Lucifer Maleficius) Organization: MIT Spoken Language Systems Group Lines: 43 In article <9010190335.AA29375@apple.com> MQUINN@UTCVM.BITNET writes: >On Wed, 17 Oct 90 18:39:01 GMT David C. Whitney said: >>>or memory expansion card, or Mockingboard, or Vulcan or Sider hard drives, >> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ No need as you can steal ram from the Mac. >>Just drop more SIMMS on the board. Mockingboard is what? Speech >>synth? Someone will think of something. Hard drives? Use the SCSI on >>the Mac. > >The Apple //e card has 128k on board. You can access ONLY 256k of the Mac's >RAM, so no matter how much the Mac has, the amount you use from the // is >limited. I don't know where you get your info, but I get mine from seeing the thing work. The engineer said "watch this:" and upped the amount of RAM the // could use to 1MB. That's all there is to it. >I think the point of his mentioning all those cards is that he (we) spent >alot of money on them, so what are we supposed to do with them? A good question. I plan on buying the LC/][ card combo some time next year. This does NOT mean I'll be dumping my GS. Having both (well, all 3) machines makes for an interesting development envirnonment for me. If one plans on *switching* computer systems, then one must consider the big investment. One usually dumps what he has and starts fresh. I mean, what would he do with his ram cards if he bought an IBM? I was merely pointing out that the various capabilities provided by hardware that people own either exist on-board or can be had somewhat cheaply on the new LC. > ____________________________________________________________________ >| | | >| This is your brain... | BITNET-- mquinn@utcvm | >| This is your brain on drugs... | pro-line: | >| This is your brain on whole wheat.| mquinn@pro-gsplus.cts.com | >|____________________________________|_______________________________| -- Dave Whitney | I wrote Z-Link and BinSCII. Send me bug Computer Science MIT 1990 | reports. I need a job. Send me an offer. dcw@goldilocks.lcs.mit.edu | My opinions, you hear? MINE! dcw@athena.mit.edu | "Isn't this where..."