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From: toddpw@nntp-server.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: apple memory card
Message-ID: <1991Jun5.231006.1404@nntp-server.caltech.edu>
Date: 5 Jun 91 23:10:06 GMT
References: <1991Jun5.051341.196@CAM.ORG>
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Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
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gammal@CAM.ORG (Michael Gammal) writes:

>I don't know why this is so, but I have a 1 meg //e apple card made by apple
>that states not to plug it into slot 3, and when i load such programs as 
>proterm...it will not give me more memory than standard.....i find this
>strange.... any reason why?
>It is in slot 4

It's because ProTERM isn't smart enough to use that card directly. Notice
that you now have a 1 meg RAMdisk called /RAM4 -- ProTERM _will_ recognize
this. Smarter programs (like AppleWorks 3.0) should automatically use your
card as extra memory.

Todd Whitesel
toddpw @ tybalt.caltech.edu