Re: AE RamFactor and 'little black doohickeys'

[dalloff@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Dave Althoff)]

Randy Shackelford (shack@onyx.southwind.net) wrote:
: Bradley VonHaden (bpvh@shell1.msn.fullfeed.com) wrote:

: : I installed a used, fully populated AE RamFactor into my IIgs -
: : replacing the existing fully populated AE RamFactor card - and I
: : could not get the IIgs' Finder to recognize the existence of the
: : card.  I thought the two cards were identical, but upon further
: : examination, the used card lacks these two 'little black doohickeys'
: : that go on these four metal prongs under the red thingy.

: These are just regular ol' plastic jumpers. Just scare up enough from donor
: hardware like dead hard disks, Apple 1 mb memory cards, etc. and put them on
: like they belong. You probably have to have some addon hardware like the 4 mb
: piggyback card or battery backup to find any info about the jumpers.

(sorry about the long quotes...)
On the ][e, we've got an extended 80-column card donated from a Rev.A
machine.  When we got it, the "double-hi-res enable" jumper was lost.  My
solution (which has worked for about six years now...) was a little ball
of common tinfoil wrapped around the pins...

--Dave Althoff, Jr.
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