Re: AST RAMStack Plus

["Brendon Woirhaye" <bytre@hotmail.com>]

Wish I had the docs and software for it.  I really don't recall when or how
I got this card - just that I got it in the late 80's.

"Wayne Stewart" <waynes@intergate.ca> wrote in message
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> Rich J. wrote
> > I read that it would allow you to put ROMS in the sockets, and burn
> > them right on the board.  The ROM sockets are standard dip sockets.
> > It seems it wouldn't be convenient for using as a burner, but
> > as a ROM card with OS or something stored on it for quick boot and
> > maybe access to applications quickly.  I don't know, just guessing.
> >
> > I don't have any drivers for the card.  Anybody have them?
> >
> > I don't know the maximum RAM capacity or ROM size, but
> > I think it is 1.5meg RAM.
> >
> > If anyone has better information please inform us!
> >
> > Rich
>
> I've never had one but in a review om II gs memory cards they say the
maximum
> RAM size for this card is 1mb.
> Each of the ROM sockets can hold either EPROMs from 8k to 64k for a
maximum
> total of 256k or 2k to 32k EEPROMs to a maximum of 128k. Apparantly with
the
> software it came with you could program the EEPROMs in the socket but you
> needed a separate EPROM burner for EPROMs.
> Wouldn't be enough ROM for system software but an application or two would
fit
> on it. One problem might be finding someone that can burn 27512 EPROMS.
> Hope the author didn't mistake 2764 EPROMs for 64k ones.
>
> Wayne
>