Re: AE Ramworks III

[wernst@cris.com (Warren "Llama" Ernst)]

drsmooth@relex.com (Edhel Iaur) wrote:

>clairmnt@n2.net (Clairemont High School) wrote:
>
>>We recently acquired an  AE Ramworks II card (1986 rev. F)
>>with 512 k that is installed in the aux. slot of a platinum IIe.
> 
>>It appears to be necessary to format the ram every time
>>the machine is powered on before it can be recognized. Is that true?
>>I must be missing something, but I'm not familiar with this.
>
>If you want the memory to aappear as a RAMdisk, then yes, it's
>necesary (With some programs, you also have to rename it /RAM7 or
>something).  

As an additional note, if what you want IS a ramdisk that always is
there, even during three-fingered salutes (that is, soft reboots)you
want a "slinky" style ram card that goes in slots 1-7 (normally 5 or
7). Look to trade your ramworks for a RamFactor (from AE) or a genuine
Apple //e 1M Memory Expansion card.

I like my ramfactor much more than I liked my RamWorks.

Virtually,
Warr
former Beagle Bros tech support
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