Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!scotth From: scotth@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Scott Henderson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: Memory Expansion Apple IIgs Message-ID: <1991Mar5.063335.13398@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Date: 5 Mar 91 06:33:35 GMT References: <9103032008.AA10465@apple.com> Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana Lines: 35 In article gt0t+@andrew.cmu.edu (Gregory Ross Thompson) writes: >MQUINN@UTCVM.BITNET writes: > [GSSauce stuff removed] > THe GSSauce will hold 4 Simms. If you're using 1 Meg simms, then >that comes up to 4 Megs (I'll leave the 256K answer as an exercise to >the reader :-). Yes, it's DMA compatible. Unfortunately, I think >it'll only take 256K SIMMs and 1 Meg SIMMs. I kinda wish it'd take >the 4 meggers. Price? Well, I think they're about $75 or $80 for an >empty card. You can buy 8 bit x 1 Meg 80ns SIMMs for about $38 from >Chip Merchant. It runs nice and cool, too. Cute little board... I >love it. The other alternative is the Octoram card for around $40 more. It will hold up to 8 1 meg SIMMs. 4 megs of which are DMA compatible. As many have pointed out to me, if you have the Apple High Speed SCSI, all 8 megs are DMA. Make sure that the dealer you buy it from has them in stock. I'm still waiting for one I ordered 3 weeks ago from a company that has already received many complaints posted about it on the Net. > >> ---------------------------------------- >> Michael J. Quinn > > -Greg T. -Scott -- = R. Scott Henderson = "Some people claim that there's a = = University of Illinois = woman to blame, but I know it's = = scotth@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu = my own damned fault. = = Apple II Forever! = -Jimmy Buffet =