aehl@csd4.milw.wisc.edu (Donald J Aehl) (02/20/88)
A few days ago I noticed that in the Applied Engineering adds for GS-Ram and GS-Ram plus there are some statements to the effect that the GS-Ram card has been improved (or updated?). Anyway, does anyone have any information regarding this improvement? Are they simply referring to the disk cache program which they are now offering? OR is it something else? I ask this because someone I know mentioned that the initially relleased GS-RAM cards have problems when they are fully populated (1.5 Meg). Is there any truth to this? He said that the newer GS-Ram cards were labeled SIMM compatible (?). Does this make any sense to anyone else who can reply to my question. Has the GS-Ram HARDWARE changed, and if so is it possible for someone who owns an original GS-Ram card able to upgrade to the newer card (or is it simple covered by the warrenty?) Thanx for any help in advance. ============================================================================== ARPA: aehl@csd4.milw.wisc.edu USMAIL: Donald Aehl Box #204 3400 N. Maryland Ave. Milwaukee, WI 53201 UUCP: ihnp4!uwmcsd1!uwm-evax!aehl ICBM: 43 4 58 N / 87 55 52 W ==============================================================================
lwv@n8emr.UUCP (Larry W. Virden) (02/21/88)
The 'problem' with the old GS Ram cards (just Ram - not Ram+) is that if you plugged in the whole 1.5 meg you had interference with any DMA cards in the GS. There are only a couple GS DMA cards so this was not a big deal if you knew it in advance - you just allocate a 500k ram disk and things worked okay. The new GS Ram cards are DMA compatible. Note that existing card owners should call AE about the upgrade cost - there is a cost, but I seem to remember that it was reasonable. No real reason to get it though if you dont intend on using DMA. -- Larry W. Virden 75046,606 (CIS) 674 Falls Place, Reynoldsburg, OH 43068 (614) 864-8817 cbosgd!n8emr!lwv (UUCP) cbosgd!n8emr!lwv@PSUVAX1 (BITNET) We haven't inherited the world from our parents, but borrowed it from our children.