Re: Apple II Memory Expansion Card and DOS 3.3?

[shack@deimos.frii.com (Randy Shackelford)]

In article <549jle$7h2@login.freenet.columbus.oh.us>,
Dave Althoff <dalloff@freenet.columbus.oh.us> wrote:
>Edhel Iaur (drsmooth@relex.com) wrote:
>: According to the Novenber 1985 issue of _A+_, one can make a DOS 3.3
>: RAMdisk on this card.  How?
>
>This is the "any-slot" RAM card, right?

AKA slinky. It debuted in Oct '85 so a Nov '85 article is the right time
frame for it.

>I think the RAMDisk code is already built into the card for DOS 3.3, but
>you need to hook to it with an IN#n/PR#n; I'm not sure if INIT is required
>or not.

My first slinky was a RAMfactor and its manual says do IN# to the card to
get a DOS RAM disk. I thought this was a RAMfactor thing until I got an 
Apple slinky and found out it has it too. The Apple card doesn't have the
partition manager you get when you do PR# to the card like a RAMfactor
does though.

>I have worked with this card, but that was a very long time ago.  Someone
>I knew had a boot disk that would set up the card, then EXEC a text file. 
>That text file contained the commands to BRUN FID off of the disk, and
>automatically copy his whole suite of utility programs to the RAM card. 
>Neat idea, actually...

Yep slinky cards are really slick, I have one in my IIgs, //e, and grey key
memory expandable //c.
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Randy Shackelford                                 
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