13.021 How can my ROM 3 GS + 8MB Sirius card do large file copying?
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This article is from the Apple II Csa2 FAQ, by Jeff Hurlburt with numerous contributions by others.
13.021 How can my ROM 3 GS + 8MB Sirius card do large file copying?
An error in the Sirius manual (a 1 page paper) recommends that ROM 3 users
remove one of the SIMM modules since the ROM 3 has 1MB and 8MB is max. When I
did this, the GS reported 8MB, but copying large groups of files or large files
(>800k) failed. When I put the missing SIMM back, the GS still reported 8MB,
but the file copy problems vanished. It appears that the Sirius needs eight
1MB SIMM modules for 8MB even on a ROM 3.
By: Scott G
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By: Rodney Hester
Turns out I had the opposite experience. In my system (ROM 3 with 8MB
Sirius v2.0 and Focus drive) the large file corruption problems, "ghosties"
(weird video artifacts), random system crashes (especially when Balloon 2.0 was
active), etc. all went away when I removed "SIMM 8". (There is some
numbering on the back of the Sirius.)
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