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GS RAM Plus software

Unknown_K

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Anybody have a link for the GS RAM Plus diagnostic software disk?

I have the card and recently came into some RAM chips so I upgraded the card from 1MB to 5MB. Wanted to check to make sure the chips work.

 

NJRoadfan

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The original software consisted of a disk called AW Expander. It should be online somewhere. Includes a patch utility to use extra RAM in old versions of AppleWorks and a very basic RAM tester. Give this one a shot: http://mmt.gwlink.net/

Note that without a GAL chip replaced, the card will only work properly in a ROM 01 machine.

 

NJRoadfan

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What version GAL is installed? They are on the upper right part of the board. I think only the "A" GALs were incompatible with ROM 3s.

Edit:  GSPLD1A is for ROM 01 only, GSPLD1B is for ROM 3 only. GSPLD2A doesn't get changed.

If you have a card with GSPLD1A installed in a ROM 3, you will have memory mapping issues.

 
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