Re: AE RAM disks [Was: Re: RAMWorks III Expandable]

[Carlo Porst <c.porst@t-online.de>]

Wayne,

I like to have the Ramworks III manual,
can you please mail me the pdf?

Thanks
Carlo

Wayne Stewart wrote:

> Iosaef the Irascable! wrote:
>
> > Wayne,
> >
> >    I've got a RAMWorks III, and I found disk images for the
> > RAMFactor/RAMWorks/PCTransporter utilities.  Now, I've patched AW2 to
> > work with the RAMWorks III, and that works fine. But how do you get it
> > to work as a RAM disk for the rest of the system?  I went back to
> > using my RAMFactor because I couldn't get the RAMWorks III to work as
> > a general RAM disk...
>
> The RamWorks III came with two double sided utility disks. The one you
> want is the Super Desktop Expander. The program for a ProDOS RAMdisk is
> called ProDrive. On the opposite side is the DOS 3.3  RAMdisk utilities
> with not too imaginative names like RAMDRIVE and RAMCOPY.
>
> > I've also got an original 8-bit Transwarp, with 256k.  Isn't that
> > supposed to be accesible somehow, beyond the first 128k?  I've never
> > gotten anything more than the standard RAMdisk out of it...
>
> No the RAM on the TransWarp isn't used that way really. The TransWarp
> can only access the RAM on the TransWarp card at 3.5mhz, all other RAM
> is accessed at 1 mhz. It operates on a RAM replacement system. It uses
> the RAM on the card instead of the 64k on the motherboard and the first
> 64k on the Auxiliary slot card. It also reads The Apple IIs ROM into
> it's own RAM so it doesn't have to slow down for ROM access. With a
> TransWarp installed you can actually run a IIe or II+ with empty RAM
> sockets on the motherboard.
>
> If you want I can email you a PDF of the manuals for any of those 3
> cards.
>
> Wayne