Re: Using a PCT as a RAM

[gachot@carros.enet.dec.com ()]

In article <4h5m2b$7jd@spectator.cris.com>, gmlink@concentric.net (Gene M. Linkoski) writes:
|>Erik Gachot <gachot@mts.vbo.dec.com> wrote:
|>
|>>	I have a PCT card, and I wanted to use it as a Prodos
|>>	RAM. Using the PCTINSTALL I patched the Prodos with
|>>	the lastest AEPC.DISKS driver '2.00'.
|>
|>>	Now when I boot My computer The AEPC RAM come on the
|>>	deskTop, but after that I get two messages one for
|>>	.DEV3 and .DEV4 telling me if I want to 'Eject' or
|>>	'Init', and not usable 'can't access'....
|>>	On the PCT nothing is connected on, apart the 
|>>	Video.
|>
|>>	If I try the Init option after few seconds I get 
|>>	an IO $27 error. If I Eject no problem.
|>
|>>	My question is : is there a way to bypass these two
|>>			 error messages ?
|>
|>Did you try the PCTSWAP utility. When you initially do the PCTINSTALL.
|>It also installs drivers for the possible 5.25" & 3.5" drives. The
|>PCTSWAP lets you tell the drivers(?) you don't want those.
|>
|>It lets you bypass the slow 3.5" PCT drives when using the Finder
|>also.
|>
|> ^*^ Gene Linkoski ^*^
|>
|>
|>

Gene,

	I tried it yesterday, and it works fine. That is
	exactly what I was looking for.

Many thanks for this pointer,

		-Erik Gachot.