Re: IIgs RAM drive question

[CUTblakeney@home.com (Jeff Blakeney)]

On Sun, 12 Dec 1999 16:41:45 GMT, paulrsm@my-deja.com wrote:

>I just got a ROM 01 IIgs with Apple's 1MB memory card (1.25MB total RAM) and
>an 800K floppy drive.  I plan to use it as a faster Apple IIe with ProDOS 8
>and not GS/OS.	I went into the control panel and told the IIgs to use a 800K
>RAM drive, but I only get the little IIe Auxmem RAM drive when using ProDOS
>1.4, 1.8, 1.9, or 2.0.3.
>
>I am an Apple IIe expert but an Apple IIgs ignoramus.  What am I missing?

ProDOS 8 will always create a RAM disk in slot 3, drive 2 called /RAM
but you can run software that will turn it off.

However, the IIgs RAM disk is usually created in slot 5, drive 2 and
is called /RAM5.

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