On Oct 17, 7:38 pm, mwschmeer <[email protected]> wrote:
> I've maxed out the the RAM as far as the machine will take it. Any
> higher and it refuses to boot. I've got the DOS card loaded with 32MB
> of RAM.
It could be the DOS card, But
Know that one slot must have double sided RAM card and the other a
single sided card. If you look at what you have its probable one
double 32 and a single 16. My 64 is a single and my 128 is a double.
>
> I can only run one OS at a time on the DOS card; make no mistake, this
> is a full-fledged mini-computer on a card running alongside the Mac
> OS. Since the card uses the same video connection as the Mac OS, I
> have to hit a key combo to switch between the two systems. But I can
> be running something in DOS and switch to the Mac OS, and the DOS
> machine will keep plugging along.
oooh very cool. I may look for one. But what about the hard drive
access I wonder ? (Could use an ext scsi drive I guess).
>
> The coolest thing I've done is run a Nintendo emulator on the DOS
> card. . .it worked! Of course, I can also run a console system through
> the AV ports, which is actually a bit better in terms of playability.
>
> The AV card isn't accessible by the DOS card. But I can do input to
> the Mac using both RCA jacks or a cable TV input jack on the card. I
> have to launch Apple Video Player to use these features, but it works.
> I often listen to CDs popped in my DVD player.
>
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