Re: AppleWorks 3 + RamFactor + RamWorks 3 = what?

[Warren Ernst <wernst@gmail.com>]

On Oct 2, 10:41 am, Warren Ernst <wer...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Oct 1, 8:33 pm, "Hugh Hood" <hugh.h...@a2central.com.remove-wec-
>
> this> wrote:
> >   To: Warren Ernst
> > AppleWorks 3/4/5 all use SEG.XM as the RamFactor/Slinky Memory Manager, and
> > SEG.AM as the RawWorks/AuxSlot Memory Manager.
>
> > As you know, if a Slinky card is found, SEG.XM becomes the Memory Manager by
> > default, regardless of whether an AuxSlot card is found.
>
> > I don't have a patch handy to reverse this behaviour, _but_, I think it
> > might be worth a try to rename SEG.XM to SEG.UNUSED and rename SEG.AM to
> > SEG.XM and see what happens when you start AppleWorks.
>
> I'll give it a try this weekend, along with some detailed memory
> measurements. There's certainly no rush or urgency about this - its
> just that if the Ramworks won't be of any use to me in reality, then
> I'll resell it on ebay, from whence it came. If it is actually useful,
> then I'll hand onto it.
>
>
>
> > I run all IIGS's now, or I'd try it myself for you.
>
> > In the meantime, I'll see if I can't locate a patch for the memory card
> > preference. I _swear_ I've seen this somewhere before.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
> > BTW, I've got a question for _you_, since you were with Beagle Bros.
>
> > Did Beagle ever have _any_ internal docs on how to write a TimeOut
> > Application? I've disassembled a few TimeOuts and learned things the hard
> > way, but I'd love to see a white paper/docs/disk files/anything that showed
> > the proper way to write a TimeOut.
>
> > Can you help?
>
> Hmmm. I know *I* never had such a document, and I never got a request
> for such a document on the tech support lines, the tech support mail
> (not e-mail, but "real" mail).
>
> Of course, such a document must have existed, for there were people
> making TimeOut applications who weren't Beagle employees or even
> regular Beagle contributors. I think it goes without saying that
> machine language knowledge is necessary, but it is my understanding
> that making TimeOut applications wasn't terribly difficult by the time
> AppleWorks 3 was around. Beyond me, of course, but not for a real
> machine language programmer.
>
> At this point in time, my best suggestion would be to contact Mark
> Munz, who has a blog athttp://www.dejaiix.com/blog/. He is (or was,
> as of 4 months ago) actively developing DejaIIx, which is an
> AppleWorks emulator for current Macintoshes, so at least his head is
> still in the the AppleWorks game.
>
> I don't have a current email address for Mark, but I've commented on
> his blog and gotten responses there, so they are (or were) at least
> checked once in a while. If you do make contact with him, tell him I
> said "Hi."
>
> Thanks for the AW memory tips.
>
> -Warr

Oh, hey, Mark's software company's website has a "Contact us" page
that almost certainly goes directly to him. Try http://www.unmarked.com/support/contact.html

-Warr