Re: TWGS Upgrade Availability?

[TWS <adoyson@nccn.net>]

So, is the RAMFast faster than an Apple High Speed SCSI?  (when installed in a
TRANSWARPED IIgs that cannot do DMA)

Supertimer wrote:

> alanjhunt@DIE_SPAMMERSworldnet.att.net (Alan J. Hunt) wrote:
>
> >supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer) wrote:
> >>
> >>spec@vax2.concordia.ca (Mitchell Spector) wrote:
> >>>    No, not exactly. Without the TWGS-2B GAL, the TransWarp GS is
> >>>not DMA compatible at all. Adding the chip *attempts* change that,
> >>>but you end up with flakely DMA compatibility at best.
> >>
> >>Not quite.  You have a RamFAST revision C, right?  Although I no
> >>longer have a RamFAST, I still have a revision D manual.  On page
> >>25, it says what you describe, but ONLY applicable to the revision C
> >>card.  The revision D card should work with either the 2A or 2B
> >>GALs.  The Apple High Speed SCSI card could always work DMA
> >>magic with any TransWarp.
> >>
> >I have not been able to get my RamFast card to work with the TWGS, at all.  I
> >have the rev. D version as well.  If you (or anyone) know of a way of
> >overcoming this issue, I'd be really grateful for some guidance.  Cause as far
>
> >as I can tell, the page from the RamFast manual that Supertimer is quoting, is
>
> >wrong.
>
> Thanks for the info.  As you can see, I've been basing my suppositions
> on the RamFAST manual as I no longer own the actual card.
>
> But just looking at the manual, the RamFAST looks like a landmine of
> compatibility problems.  Problems with software such as Twilight and
> Mr. Apple.  Problems with hardware like RamKeeper and TWGS.
> Problems with some Zip GS cards even.
>
> >I also have an Apple HS SCSI card.  That one definitely works.
>
> This is the SCSI card I have and it definitely works with 2A, so it is
> NOT a DMA problem per se.  Rather, it is a compatibility problem
> SPECIFICALLY with the RamFAST.
>
> Actually, if it were not for the speed, the Apple HS SCSI card
> is so much better and logical than the RamFAST that it is not funny.