Sequential Should (was RamFast?!?!?!?)

[rubywand@aol.com (RUBYWAND)]

In article <C071096193351.5948@darkcastle.ecore.fnet.org>,
Dark_Dude@darkcastle.ecore.fnet.org (Dark_Dude) writes:

>
>But as I stated in my previous message, friends of mine DO experience
>problems
>with their CD-Roms. Just all of a sudden disks are not recognized
anymore,
>and
>ones that couldn't be recognized before, now will.
>....

     Right; Sequential is having trouble debugging their stuff. They need
help. Where better to get help than from Apple II users?! If Sequential
released all RamFAST source code to sites like apple2.Caltech, Apple II
programmers would quickly squash bugs. Guys like Nathan Mates, Neil
Parker, and David Lyons would have patches out in no time. (And, if
someone wants to offer a patch as Shareware with a $5-$10 fee-- why not?) 
None of this would cost Sequential anything.

     Possibly, a bug or two reside in the hardware. For example, there may
be some hardwired decoding error, a glitch-prone scheme for cache refresh,
etc.. If Sequential sends RamFAST schematics to Apple II magazines and
newsletters, they are likely to get help on hardware mods. Once found, the
fixes could be published. Some users would probably offer to do "the
RamFAST Rev D" or whatever mod for a few $$.

     Manufacturers, of course, are reluctant to admit errors. In PC-ville
such admissions can produce panic and demands for free fixes from many
thousands of users. But, in Apple-land, we know that bugs of one kind or
another are inevitable in any moderately complex software or hardware
product. And, if possible, we prefer to deal with problems ourselves.

     Sequential has little to lose and much to gain by making its RamFAST
hardware and support software easy to access and fix.


Rubywand