/RAM5 Driver (Was Re: Booting from a ProFile)

[nkp@ausom.oz.au (Nicholas Pyers)]

+--------(Peter Waston (paw@ausom.oz.au) writes)--------------------------
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| 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!
|

Shame it would be nice to have one.

| >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   :-)
|

What third party products?  Where and How much also rush off my tongue.
I was aware about the SmartPort ROM been switched out, but I had heard that
a driver could still access that from GS/OS, and possibly ProDOS 8
Unless such a driver appears I will probaly put a SuperDrive in Slot 2.

| 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).

I personally use ProBoot.  I use the 5.25" drives reguarly, due to the large
amount of work required with them as Apple // PD Disk Librarian for AUSOM.
I keep them switched in under GS/OS because I prefer ProSel-16's Utilities
for copying files, Info Desk and Disk Optimization, but if worst came to
worst I could go back to ProSel-8's Cat Doctor, Info Desk and Beach Comber.
as for doing anything with DOS 3.3 stuff I need to use Copy II Plus anyhow.

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