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From: supton@pro-novapple.cts.com (Sam Upton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Is there a piggyback board?
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Date: 22 Mar 91 02:10:19 GMT
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In-Reply-To: message from mcgu5464@csd4.csd.uwm.edu

Dan,
  I also looked for a way to hook up two Apple cards - it wasn't in the
cards. What I settled for ( and may work out just fine) is the CV Tech
GS Memory Expansion card. This card will allow you to piggy-back an Apple
card (and some others - sorry, don't know which ones) and will, itslef,
take up to 4 Megs. DMA compatable for the first 4 megs, and will run in a 3
meg configuation (some cards don't like 3-megs). I just ordered one with 1
Meg on the board from Roger Coates. I saw an ad in Incider/A+ for this
combo for $159.95 and R.C. beat it by $10.95. He also told me that this was
a new re-working of the card - it's slimmer. Some people had experienced
some difficulty fitting the original card into the GS case without hitting
the side of the case and shorting out. This new revision is supposed to fix
the problem. I know three people in my local Computer club who have this
card - one was having said difficulty. Anyway, with the new version, this
should be fixed. I know this is specifically what you *didn't* ask for, but
you may want to reconsider. Another option might be to buy another,
third-party card and pool the chips from the Apple cards to help defray the
memory cost (but then you lose 256k/card).

Sam Upton

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