Re: RamFast SCSI card

[Mitchell Spector <mitch2gs@hotmail.com>]

Steven Lichter <DieSpammer@Ikillspammers.com> wrote:

>Michael J. Mahon wrote:
>> Mitchell Spector wrote:
>>>     It'll physically fit and be identical to the RamFAST cabling, but
>>> before using it BE SURE the pinouts are the same. Can anyone
>>> verify if a PC parallel port cable was a plain straigh-thru? 
>> 
>> Yes.  Except for the "floppy twist" cable, virtually all PC cables
>> are striaght-through (as are most Apple II cables).
>
>That is nice to know.

    There's still the matter of the pinouts on the RamFAST end (IDC-26), 
but I would be surprised if it were not a straight-through cable. In other-
words it's very likely to work but no guarantee.

>I e-mailed the buyer several days ago after he  asked me about why there was 
>no cable, I had shown it in the listing  without a cable, just the card since it came 
>off the Pegasus H/D which  had its one, he has not replied, either he never got 
>the e-mail or is pissed since he was not able to test it. 

    Actually you can test the RamFAST without a cable. Install it in an empty
slot (set to 'Your Card') and either warm or cold boot holding down the "0"
number key. That should bring up the RamFAST's built-in utility software
and configuration menu. Beyond that, it should automatically install a small
ROM Disk that's available from ProDOS, with a stored copy of said utility
software and a GS/OS driver.

    There's also a stand alone CV Technologies utility that lets you run a
diagnostic on the card, or possibly just the onboard cache. I remember it
going under the name "RFTEST.SYSTEM". I've never tried it, but I think
I have some custom firmware that does more intensive testing and another
that does high speed disk-to-disk SCSI copies.

Mitchell Spector