Re: Why the RamWorks III?

[gregw@venus.itns.co.za (Greg Wildman)]

On 30 Apr 2001 03:28:44 GMT, Quadrajet1 wrote:

Talking about AE products. Does anyone have a schematic for the RAMFactor. I
have a faulty one of my own that is driving me nuts trying to repair. If I swop
all the chips with a working RAMFactor makes no difference this card refuses to
intialise via a PR#n or use of ProDOS, Appleworks etc. Even the AE test
software can't see it. Any suggestions?

>>> Does anyone know or can guess why the RamWorks III was produced. Looks
>>> like they just rearranged some of the chips on the RamWorks II and
>>> renamed it.
>>
>>I do believe the redesign was so it would fit in the European IIe.
>>It was probably easier to just redesign the card and produce one for
>>the two different markets than it was to produce two different cards.
>>
>>At least that's what I heard long ago in a galaxy far, far away.
>>
>>Greg B.
>
>    Exactly!  I was working at a repair place in Arlington and doing lots of
> Apples at the time.  The story from AE at the time was for Euro
> compatibility.
>  Nothing more than to make it fit in that case.
>
> Raymond

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