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From: swgraham@siskowit.UUCP (Sidney Graham)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: IIc updates and disk expansion
Message-ID: <10@siskowit.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 14-Apr-87 09:04:03 EST
Article-I.D.: siskowit.10
Posted: Tue Apr 14 09:04:03 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 26-Apr-87 01:13:41 EST
References: <571@moogvax.UUCP> <21600007@silver>
Organization: Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI
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Summary: My experience with memory expansion for the IIc

In article <21600007@silver>, sl109001@silver.bacs.indiana.edu writes:
> 
> I would recommend Z-Ram from Applied Engineering.  Pick up any recent
> Apple magazine (like Nybble) and they'll give you the specifications.
> I've heard nothing but good things over this product, and intend to
> purchase one myself sometime.  It works well with AppleWorks, and comes
> in a variety of different configurations, including up to 1 MB of memory,
> and also with a clock or CP/M if you are willing to shell out the dough
> for it.

I bought a Z-Ram Ultra 1 with 512 K for my Apple IIc. I'm happy with it
now, but the installation was very difficult. You put the card in by taking
the top of the computer, removing the MMU and CPU chips, plugging those chips
into Ultra 1, and seating Ultra 1 into the vacant sockets of the MMU and CPU
chips. The last step was the most difficult one. I could not get the Ultra 1
to seat firmly in the sockets, and as a result, my IIc wouldn't work at all.
I took it to a local technician, and he also couldn't get the card to seat
firmly in the sockets. After talking to the Applied Engineering technical
staff, he decided the card was defective, and he returned it to AE. AE   
tested the card, and said that there was nothing wrong with it, but sent
a replacement anyway. However, the technician had the same difficulty with
the replacement card. He finally solved the problem by removing the entire 
logic board, putting it on a firm surface, and pushing down on the card until
it was firmly seated.

It cost me $40 extra to get the card put in, but it was worth it. With the
extra memory, I can put all of AppleWorks, Basic.System, and Util.System
(from Copy II+) together in RAM at the same time. AppleWorks works much
faster, and I can go from AppleWorks to Basic in just a few seconds.

My recommendation is to buy Z-RAM, but find a competent professional to 
put it in for you.


Sid Graham
Mathematics Dept.
Michigan Tech
Houghton, MI