- does the machine report 32K i.s.o 8k when the board
is mounted and
connected, or does it always need the SYS command to detect the
extra memory?
It should report all the memory installed, not 8K. You can use the memory
without the SYS command. The SYS command only "hooks in" the disk operating
system commands into the command interpreter - has nothing to do with RAM
usage.
- Bob