Re: Unknown 1541 add-on card

From: Gerrit Heitsch <*gerrit_at_laosinh.s.bawue.de*> Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2013 15:44:40 +0200 Message-ID: <51C5AA48.8050405@laosinh.s.bawue.de> · gerrit_at_laosinh.s.bawue.de

On 06/22/2013 03:40 PM, Michał Pleban wrote:
> Ruud@Baltissen.org wrote:
>
>> I have found a 1541 add-on card with 512 KB DRAM on board. The
>> problem: I have no idea who is the manufacturer. So I made some
>> pictures:
>
> 512kB for a 1541? o_O

256KB make sense and were sold, this way you could cache a whole disk in 
RAM and get (back then) extreme speed over a parallel cable. No more 
waiting for head movements.

  Gerrit

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