stroyan@hpfcla.UUCP (08/28/85)
The 16k ramcard approach is the easiest, and the card can be handy for other environments that use the extra ram. You should be aware, however that not all applications accept a language card in place of ROM. I have integer basic in ROM and a language card, and only about half of the software requiring a "][+" will work with this configuration. It's usually not a problem if you check BEFORE buying software to make sure you can return it, but it can be very frustrating to learn that you can't run some great new program. I have gone looking for new ROM's in the past, and apparently you CAN get them through a dealer, but the price was totally unreasonable when I asked about it. (Each of 8 chips is priced at some high "repair part" cost.) Mike Stroyan, hpfcla!stroyan