Ramdisks and IIc mass storage

[heuser.marcus@freenet.de]

Hi there,

I'd like to collect some knowledge to get some questions answered as
I have to know some basic conditions and to try to establish a common
denominator.

a)
Which mass storage solutions exist for IIc(+) owners?
No CD-ROM, just plain and simple hard disks or flash cards - anything
that is writeable by the user and at least as fast as a floppy disk.
I know of a Chinook solution for the floppy port - are there more?
Is it possible that there are more in three years from now? ;-)

b)
Which ProDOS-compatible ramdisks for the IIc exist that provide at
least 1800 free blocks in one "partition" and can be accessed with
a path like "/RAM1"?
I know there are AE Z-RAM variants that apply, but there are more:
One from Apple (1MB max), the Chinook C-RAM (1MB?), a so-called
"Legend C'Card" and some different variants from CheckMate
(MultiRam C, CX, CX+).
Are more and are there limits (512KB max) or not ProDOS compatible?

c)
I guess there are "enough" ramdisk solutions for the IIe and IIgs.
The one in the IIgs BIOS can be set to be large enough (1800 blocks)
but which for the IIe are available?
I know and have the Apple "slinky" card and a RamWorks III - are these
the standard cards you guys (and dolls) use other ones that are large
enough?

Which of these toys do you actively use? I don't mean the things that
you have amassed in your vaults but the ones that you have in your
favorite daily machines or would put in there if needed ;-)

TIA,
Marcus