Re: What is a RamKeeper card?

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John Schreiber <budgeco@ix.netcom.com> wrote:

>I have a RamKeeper card and would like to use it but I have
>no documentation or software. Does someone know what
>this card does and where one might get a copy of instructions
>and/or software?

It is an advanced IIGS memory card controller.

The general idea is to be able to plug two cards, each
with a maximum of 8MB, into the RamKeeper.  You'd
then plug the RamKeeper into the IIGS.  And that's
when the fun begins!

The RamKeeper came with a power supply and a back
up battery.  The IIGS' CPU has a 16MB memory space,
but the IIGS design maps 8MB to RAM and 8MB to
ROM.  RamKeeper can allocate up to 8MB that it has
to the ROM disk (RAM backed up by the power supply
and battery of the RamKeeper system).  Whatever you
put in this ROM disk is still there when the power is
off.  The ROM disk is very fast since it is memory.

Up to another 8MB can be system RAM as usual.

RamKeeper can also be used to combine two memory
cards of whatever sized for a larger total RAM.  For
example, a 1MB card plus a 4MB one for 5MB.  Or
two 4MB ones for 8MB.

I do not know where you can get the software.  I'm
pretty sure you need it to use the card.