Tkat5200 Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 Anyone have any they'd like to sell me? I want to add it to my already kickass ADAM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIAD Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 ADAM News Network has Memory Expanders available (64K or 256K) on their product list page: http://ann.hollowdreams.com 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tkat5200 Posted September 17, 2015 Author Share Posted September 17, 2015 just got the 256 from them YAAAY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIAD Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 Hope you also got the Slot #2 Addressor Card or Parallel Interface that the 256k M.E. needs to be connected to with a jumper wire in order for the ADAM to recognize expansion RAM over 64K. I'm sure you did as Bob probably made you aware of this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 What would actually make use of a 256K memory expander? There isn't even a lot of 64K software. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIAD Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 What would actually make use of a 256K memory expander? There isn't even a lot of 64K software. On the EOS side the main program that can use the full capabilities of the 256K ME is PowerPaint. With a 64K ME, PowerPaint has a workspace of 4 cells (half a page), but with a 256K ME, there are 8 cells available (a full page). Most other EOS software that can access a 256K ME uses it as a RAMdisk and the majority of these programs were developed by Walters Software Co. Having this large RAMdisk was a godsend when using Walters' SpellingAID spell checker program as you could store a huge dictionary on it and have ligtning quick access. During my SmartBASIC programming days, it was also beneficial to have this large RAMdisk in order to copy all my frequently used programs to and then have access to them instantaneously. Oh yeah, Temple of the Snow Dragon allows you to copy all the graphics files for the game to a 256K ME to speed up loads time tremendously. On the CP/M or T-DOS side, the ME is configured as an additional drive for storage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tkat5200 Posted September 18, 2015 Author Share Posted September 18, 2015 I dunno...I just got it...just in case as time goes on I need it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIAD Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 Back in the 80's and early 90's, memory chip prices were still pretty high so a 256K ME was a big investment, but now-a-days a 256K ME is priced pretty reasonably so you might as well go with that one over a 64K ME. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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