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From: gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Octoram
Message-ID: <14859@smoke.brl.mil>
Date: 15 Jan 91 02:50:42 GMT
References: <1991Jan14.202716.24234@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Organization: U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory, APG, MD.
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In article <1991Jan14.202716.24234@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> scotth@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Scott Henderson) writes:
>1)  Can these things be used with 256k SIMMs (giving you 2 meg)?

Yes.

>2)  Would it be DMA compatible in this configuration?

No.  If you populated it only up to 1MB (assuming 256KB SIMMs) it would be.

>3)  How much does it cost?
>4)  Where can I buy it?

Rumor is that MDIdeas went out of business, so if you happen to find one
somewhere it might cost almost anything from free to perhaps $129
(unpopulated).  I recommend using 1MB SIMMs unless you just happen to
have a bunch of free 256KB SIMMs on hand already.  With 1MB SIMMs the
OctoRAM is DMA compatible up to 4MB and works with the Apple High-Speed
(DMA) SCSI card even at 8MB (due to a kludge in the Apple card itself).

I have one of these (8MB) and I like it.