Re: Using a PCT as a RAM

[cplater@rattlehead.pass.wayne.edu (Charles A. Plater)]

Bill Scheffler (schefflr@news.msus.edu) wrote:
: Erik Gachot (gachot@mts.vbo.dec.com) wrote:

: : 	My question is : is there a way to bypass these two
: : 			 error messages ?
: : 
: : Many thanks,

: 	Odds are that you have the Apple RAM Card driver installed in 
: your *:System:Drivers folder.  BTW, I don't mean the RAM5 one, the 
: "Slinky" RAM driver.  It caused problems for me and my PCT RAM Card.  I 
: wish Apple or someone else (HINT, HINT!) would either make a specific 
: driver for it or patch Apple's to support the PCT.  One thing, I could 
: use mine after I went through the two errors that appeared, and the card 
: was FASTER.  I just didn't like having to put up with errors like that at 
: startup...makes the system look "stupid" to other people (and I don't 
: think it's that cool myself).

: 	Well, if there are any programmers out there and you want a 
: little bit of cash from me, write a nice little driver (or a patch for 
: Apple's) that fixes this problem.  I'm sure there are others who would 
: appreciate it too. :)

The errors that you are getting, deal with the fact that the AE driver 
that is patched ito ProDOS also adds a driver for the drive controllers 
on the card.


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