Specifications

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Here's
how
you
install
the
Apple
IIGS Memory
Expansion card
in
the
Apple IIGS. If
you have
one or
more
memory
expansion
kits,
you
should add those chips
to the card before
installing the card
in
the
Apple IIGS. Turn
to Chapter
3
for
upgrade
instructions.
lmporlont lf
your
computer's
power
is on,
furn it off ond woit
of leost 30
seconds before instolling or
removing the memory
exponsion
cord.
1. Make
sure the
Apple IIGS
power
switch
is tumed off, but
leave the
power
cord
plugged into
a
grounded
outlet.
This keeps
your
com-
puter
system
grounded.
2. Remove
the
Apple IIGS lid as shown
in Figure
1-1. The
easiest
way
to
remove
the
lid is
to
wrap
your hands
around
the
rear
corners
of
the case and hold the
lid latches in with
your
index
fingers
while
you push
up on the
lid with
your
thumbs.
NThen
you
feel the
lid release, lift it
all the
way off ttre case and
put it
to one side.
3.
Take
the
memory
expansion
card out of the box
and
remove
the
protective
wrapping. \flhen
you
handle
the
card, avoid touching
the
gold
ufingers"
along the bottom
edge of the card.
The mois-
ture
from
your
fingers
an
^ttact
dust that
would weaken the
card's
connection to the computer.
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Sove the two
jumper
blocks
pocked
with the
cord. You'll
need
them
if
you
upgrode to 5'l2K
or to I megobyte,