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From: AWCTTYPA@UIAMVS.BITNET ("David A. Lyons")
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: too little RAM for slots?
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Date: 31 Mar 88 00:01:10 GMT
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>Date:         Mon, 28 Mar 88 10:39:43 CST
>Reply-To:     Info-Apple@BRL.ARPA
>From:         "Jeremy G. Mereness" <jm7e+@andrew.cmu.EDU>
>Subject:      GS Slots
>
>[...]
>finally, it sometimes gets annoying how little RAM is assigned to the slots.
>I don't know how to fix this, but it is possible to add a few more pins to
>each slot in such a way that old cards fit but larger ones could also work.

I don't see how adding more pins would help.  In any case, the 8 bytes that
each slot gets is *plenty* on a IIgs.  Why?  It's enough to store a handle.
Actually, you can store TWO handles (and have 2 bytes left over).  The memory
blocks referred to by your handles can have as much stuff in them as you want,
including more handles!  The built-in ports tent to shortcut the process a
bit, since Apple can just assign a few bytes of bank-E1 space to them...but
3rd-party cards could certainly work this way (at least, I don't see why they
couldn't).

>Capt. Albatross

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