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From: johnt@meaddata.com (John Townsend)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: apple memory card
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Date: 10 Jun 91 14:09:31 GMT
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In article <1991Jun6.214717.5850@nntp-server.caltech.edu>, toddpw@nntp-server.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel) writes:

|> johnt@meaddata.com (John Townsend) writes:
|> 
|> >I was of the impression that the Apple Memory Expansion Card COULD be 
|> >plugged into slot 3 of an Apple //e with an Extended 80-Column Card.
|> >What's the story on this?
|> 
|> Well, you could access the card, but you wouldn't be able to use both the
|> card's firmware and the //e's 80 column firmware. Most programs (including
|> the ProDOS kernel) would insist on using one or the other, but not both).
|> So Apple saves you a compatibility headache by just telling you not to do
|> it. 

Ah, but I thought that memory cards, like CP/M cards, don't have any firmware,
and thus would not collide with the 80-column firmware.  Is the Apple Memory
Expansion Card an exception?  What about the AE RAMFactor card and other 
slot 1-7 memory cards?  This question interests me because I have a //e whose
auxiliary slot is inhabited by a Microsoft Premium Softcard //e (80-col + 64K +
Z80).  The only slot I have which might be available for memory expansion
(e.g. for AW 3.0 and as a ProDOS RAM disk) is slot 3.  Thanks for any info!

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