Smokeless Joe Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 I've got an official Apple IIGS Memory Expansion Card but it only has one of the four banks filled. Any ideas on where to look to buy enough RAM to fill it up? It looks like each bank needs 8 DRAM of whatever type it uses. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iKarith Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 It takes standard 41256 chips, 256k x 1. I believe you need 150ns or faster, and I'd be shocked if you find anything slower than 120ns nowadays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokeless Joe Posted June 7, 2016 Author Share Posted June 7, 2016 Thanks! That was exactly the information I needed! Jameco has them for $0.79 each, or $0.69 if you buy 10 or more. Since I need 24, that's $16.56 + shipping. Now the question is, do I want to bother with a measly 1 MB, or should I research one of the 4 to 8 MB options? Hmmm... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iKarith Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 I have one of the older GGLabs 4MB cards (the kind with Zip RAM) and have been really happy with it. The 1MB card is really only worthwhile in a ROM3 machine or a ROM01 that will never actually be used with GS/OS, and it's barebones on the ROM3. I'd get the 4MB option. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbullet Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 I added a GGLabs 4MB card to my GS. I had 1 MB on it, but it was running out of ram when ever I used the ram slot as a prodos drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iKarith Posted June 9, 2016 Share Posted June 9, 2016 I had $0201 errors with 2MB using 6.0.1 and 6.0.3 with fairly minimal setups including AppleTalk. That's why I now push for 4MB because I've never seen a $0201 with 4MB that wasn't a bug in a program. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokeless Joe Posted June 9, 2016 Author Share Posted June 9, 2016 I'm convinced! I ordered a GGLabs RAMGS/4. It looks like they're not shipping until late July, so now I wait. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonnik Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 I'm another happy user of GGLABS RAMGS. I think he put out a new version earlier this year (which has a much more compact profile), which is what you may be waiting on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokeless Joe Posted June 18, 2016 Author Share Posted June 18, 2016 The RAMGS/4 showed up early - today! I plugged it in and boom, 4 MB memory instantly recognized. That was easy! Thanks for the recommendations! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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