From: dog_cow@macgui.com   
      
   Niek van Suchtelen writes in the AppleSqueezer GS blog:   
      
      
   240MB RAM disk + SD card slot   
   Updated: 1 day ago   
   As you probably know already, the AppleSqueezer GS allows you to use 13MB of   
   RAM in GS/OS. This is really nice (and more than is possible with any memory   
   upgrade), but from the beginning the AppleSqueezer contained 256MB of RAM   
   ready to be used. So recently, I teamed up with Antoine Vignau to unlock the   
   remaining 240MB that wasn't already used before. The result is a huge RAM   
   disk of up to 240MB, which can be used by installing a driver. You also need   
   to install core v7, which will be released soon! This core also allows IIGS   
   programmers to access the 240MB of RAM for anything else (although it's not   
   available as normal RAM inside GS/OS because the memory management of the OS   
   would have to be rewritten).   
      
      
   SD-card slot   
      
   While working on the RAM disk feature, we also came up with another idea:   
   what if you could store the RAM disk to an SD card, and load it back again   
   from there? Possibly even boot from it? That would almost negate the need   
   for external storage. And because it's loaded in RAM, access times are very   
   fast. It will take some time to develop this idea further, but I decided to   
   already add an SD-card slot to the new AppleSqueezers, so you don't get left   
   behind if you order one today (Although, you can still order them without   
   one for slightly less money.) This way, if and when this new feature becomes   
   available, you can update your core and have SD card functionality. Note   
   that this feature has not been tested yet, so it's theoretically possible   
   that there's an unforeseen hardware issue with the SD card slot that would   
   prevent it from ever working, but hopefully that's not the case. Just keep   
   that in mind when buying.   
      
      
   Availability   
      
   I received quite a few questions about when the new boards will be   
   available. This should happen in the next few days. After some delays from   
   the factory, I finally got the new boards so I'm happy to turn them into   
   working AppleSqueezers.   
      
      
   Core 7 for testing!   
      
   The latest core 7, which includes the ability to access the 240MB of RAM on   
   the AppleSqueezer, is now available for testing! If you're courageous, feel   
   free to test it and let me know if everything works well, and soon I'll move   
   it to the official download page!   
      
      
   https://www.applesqueezer.com/blog   
      
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