Re: High Density /RAM5

[shack@crash.cts.com (Randy Shackelford)]

In article <2p2cv4$hlg@cleese.apana.org.au>,
Jonathan Pratt <ntt@cleese.apana.org.au> wrote:

>I have a superdrive controller card in slot 5 ('your card') with two 3.5"
>drives (1 FDHD and an apple 3.5) and still manage to have a RAM disk on my
>ROM 1 GS.  I set the RAM disk in the control panel to 1440k  (the size of
>a HD disk) and it never fails to appear on my desktop.  (even when I reset
>the machine, the data is preserved)

The key word is desktop. You're talking native software aren't you? System
software 6.0 comes with a native mode driver for the RAM disk so it can
work with the smartport switched out of slot 5. Not so with 8 bit software.

>Your lucky to have a ROM 3, and be able to use slot 4 as well as use the
>mouse.  But I have no problem with the SuperDrive card (I can't recall if
>it was a problem pre system 6...)

Yep ROM 3's kick butt. Everyone should get one.
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