Re: Help with bizarre configuration...

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Martin Gruen <mgruen@ambrosia.dfwmm.net> wrote:
>  I'm trying to stream line my GS, and have it packed with upgrade
>stuff... Just so you have an idea...
>
>Slot 1: AST Vision Plus/IW2
>Slot 2: Sonic Blaster/External Modem
>Slot 3: ZipGS 10mhz/32
>     4: Empty
>     5: Empty
>     6: Empty
>     7: Focus Internal HD (pretty big one too)
> RAM:  RAM KEEPER, with 4 meg ram ultra in back and apple 1 meg slot moved
>to between slot 3/4.
>
>Don't ask how I squeezed all this in, I tried before and it didn't fit.
>Anyway the question....
>
>What I want to do is set a small ROM disk up on my RAM Keeper that will
>perform an instant startup, and give me a menu ala Squirt, and allow me to
>select the hard drive, partition or start file I want to
>launch from.

Cool power system. (Drool!)


>Squirt is too primitive it seems to work with System 601.   Anyone
>have a suggestion??????

Yes.  Set up the ROM disk with ProDOS and BASIC.System and write a
simple BASIC program.

For example:

5 HOME
10 ? "1. Hard disk 1"
20 ? "2. Hard disk 2"
30 ? "3. 3.5" drive"
40 ? "Pick one."
50 get a$
60 if a$="1" then ? chr$(4);"PR#7"
70 if a$="2" then ? chr$(4);"-aw.system,s7,d2"
80 if a$="3" then ? chr$(4);"PR#5"
90 goto 5

>Btw, I'm also looking for any resonably priced RAM card bigger than 1meg
>that I can use in place of my Apple card...

Sequential Systems sells the RamGS Plus, which is a 4-8MB memory
card that fits easily in either RamKeeper pocket.  It is rather
expensive, though.  (see http://www.sequential.com/)

A better priced card is Alltech's Sirius RAM
(see http://www.allelec.com/).  The Sirius card takes 1MB SIMMs,
available cheap, up to 8MB.  However, it is rather big.  You can
install it using the slotmover at the point between slots 3 and 4,
but your Zip might get in the way.  The best solution is to
install the Zip in slot 2 instead, allowing you to install the
Sirius in the slot 3/4 slotmover position.  The Sonic Blaster can
go to slot 5 or 6.

-Scott G.