Re: RE: Booting from a ProFile

[paw@ausom.oz.au (Peter Watson)]

nkp@ausom.oz.au (Nicholas Pyers) asks:

[stuff deleted re running a Profile on a //e]

>Now for a semi-related topic:  Is there a GS/OS driver avalible for the
>ProFile?  Even though I don't plan on keeping it on the GS it would be nice
>to speed it up for when it is connected.

I don't believe such a driver exists. When I was at KansasFest last year, the
subject of Profile's (but not drivers) came up. Apple's reaction was more
along the line of being proud that they still supported the Profile at all,
rather than the likelihood of spending any resources on it!

>I am also after a /RAM5 driver, so I can sort the */system/drivers directory
>and have the "fastest" device, /RAM5, polled before those slow, very slow
>5.25" drives I have. I may also then go out and buy a SuperDrive, if the RAM
>disk is still accessable from ProDOS 8.  Is it true that this driver will be
>included in System 6.0.1?

I'm not too sure about a driver in System 6.0.1, but it wasn't mentioned at
K/Fest last year. The only other /RAM5 drivers I am aware of were third party
products. BTW, if you get a SuperDrive (and controller), then you lose /RAM5
because you have switched out the slot 5 ROM - which contains the /RAM5
support code. You win some, you lose some. I use an Apple II Memory Expansion
card for a RAM disk, so it's not a problem for me - the driver came with
system 6.0   :-)

As an aside, how often do you _use_ the 5.25" drives? I have mine switched out
in the control panel to avoid having them polled, and switch them in if I
need them. I can also boot from them without mucking around in the Control
Panel by holding down the Open-Apple and Control keys (courtesy of QuickBoot).
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