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From: gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Apple IIGS's Memory Limit
Message-ID: <16446@smoke.brl.mil>
Date: 18 Jun 91 15:15:07 GMT
References: <1991Jun17.154708.2232@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> <PmTP44w162w@micor.ocunix.on.ca>
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In article <PmTP44w162w@micor.ocunix.on.ca> taob@micor.ocunix.on.ca (Brian Tao) writes:
>    How about memory plugged into one of the seven "normal" slots?  Would 
>GS/OS recognize that as a RAM disk?

If its slot firmware made it look like a block device, yes.  There have
in fact been Apple II RAM disk cards available.  However, since access to
their contents is radically different (and much more cumbersome) than
direct access to main memory, they are no substitute for main memory RAM.