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From: dlyons@Apple.COM (David Lyons)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: New //gs (RAM disk not showing up?)
Message-ID: <35235@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 3 Oct 89 19:07:42 GMT
References: <8910030425.AA03131@trout.nosc.mil>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
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In article <8910030425.AA03131@trout.nosc.mil> tom@pro-europa.cts.com (Thomas Eidson) writes:
>I just got the new //gs rom version three and I set it up yesterday.  Then I
>booted up the System disk and noticed that my Ram drive's icon did not come up
>on the screen while running finder.  I thought to myself, "Ah, forgot to set
>it in the control panel," I set it in the text control panel and rebooted.

So far I'm uncertain what you mean:  Are we talking about RAM5 in the RAMDisk
section of the control panel, or about a slot-1-through-7-based RAMcard that
you need to set to Your Card in the Slots section?

>[...] I then inserted my expansion card in the expansion slot
>(with the computer off of course) and found that it did not add any memory to
>the ram.

What card?  Is this Apple's 1-meg memory expansion card, or what?

By the way, the top line of your screen *does* say "Apple IIgs" when you boot,
right?
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