Strange Question

[Wayne Stewart <waynes@telus.dotnet>]

A dozen years ago Scott Alfter wrote:

> That's what I was asking about.  Here's the way the thing installs:
>
> 1) Pull the CPU and MMU off the IIe motherboard.
> 2) Insert the MMU in a socket on the '816 board.  Save the CPU for
>    later replacement.
> 3) Pull a 74LS273 out of its socket on the RamWorks II/III.  (The
>    socket is near the front of the card, with the legend "CPU"
>    silk-screened above it.)
> 4) Connect a cable between the "CPU" socket on the RamWorks and the
>    correct socket on the '816 board (the dox explain in more detail).
> 5) Flip the '816 board over and plug it into the motherboard CPU and
>   MMU sockets.
> 6) Plug the RamWorks back into the auxiliary slot, reinstall all the
>    other cards you removed for access, etc.
>
> Presumably the function of the '816 board is to redirect memory
> accesses (bypass the MMU) when the '816 is in native mode.  I don't
> know if a Zip GS would work, but then I don't know why it wouldn't
> work either. :-) Anybody have a more educated guess than I can come up
> with?

Did you ever try this, Scott?

Wayne