georged@pro-harvest.cts.com (George Dybowski) (05/28/91)
I need an expert opinion, what SCSI card to buy, the Apple High Speed or the Ramfast SCSI card?? I have a Laser128EX and DMA is not compatible with the Apple SCSI card, so I assume that the Ramfast will also be not compatible. But is it worth it to still get the Ramfast or stay with the Apple??? You opinions will be appreciated.
unknown@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (The Unknown User) (05/29/91)
In article <1991May28.133634.4604@crash.cts.com> georged@pro-harvest.cts.com (George Dybowski) writes: >I need an expert opinion, what SCSI card to buy, the Apple High Speed or >the Ramfast SCSI card?? I have a Laser128EX and DMA is not compatible with >the Apple SCSI card, so I assume that the Ramfast will also be not >compatible. What do you mean? The Apple SCSI card does use DMA (if you want it to.. You can turn it off but then it's a lot slower). If you are saying the Laser128EX doesn't use DMA, then you could use the Apple SCSI card with DMA off. -- /unknown@ucscb.ucsc.edu Apple IIGS Forever! unknown@cats.ucsc.edu\ |WANT to help get ULTIMA VI //e or GS written?-mail me. CHEAP CD info-mail me.| \ It's a Late Night World.... Of Love /
geniusman@pro-hindugods.cts.com (Chris Moylan) (06/01/91)
In-Reply-To: message from georged@pro-harvest.cts.com I would recommend RamFast. CV Tech is an excellent company, and we all know Apple isn't. Who knows what they'll support in 4 years? But seriously, with a Laser you will most likely want the speed of RamFast's cache Ram when you cannot use DMA. The only speed advantage Apple's "High" Speed SCSI card has over older SCSI cards is DMA compatibility, which you cannot use anyway. So try and get a RamFast, I've only heard good things about them! Chris Chris Moylan | ProLine: geniusman@pro-hindugods CoSysop: Hindu Love Gods BBS | Internet: geniusman@pro-hindugods.cts.com 313/644-0481 | UUCP: crash!pro-hindugods!geniusman 300-9600 bps, v.32/v.42/v.42bis | ARPA: crash!pro-hindugods!geniusman@nosc.mil
georged@pro-harvest.cts.com (George Dybowski) (06/06/91)
In-Reply-To: message from geniusman@pro-hindugods.cts.com Do you know if you can have more than 2 partitions in slot # 7 if you use the Ramfast SCSI card ??? I am using a Laser and need to use slot # 7 and would buy the Ramfast only if I can get more than 2 partitions. My slot # 5 is the memory expansion board so I don't want to give up that slot.
gtolar@xcluud.sccsi.com (Glynne Tolar) (06/07/91)
georged@pro-harvest.cts.com (George Dybowski) writes: > In-Reply-To: message from geniusman@pro-hindugods.cts.com > > Do you know if you can have more than 2 partitions in slot # 7 if you use > the Ramfast SCSI card ??? I am using a Laser and need to use slot # 7 and > would buy the Ramfast only if I can get more than 2 partitions. My slot # > 5 is the memory expansion board so I don't want to give up that slot. And the answer is.................YES! You can place the RamFAST in ANY slot and have it phantom slot the extra partitions anywhere you want them! As long as there is not another disk drive in the slot you want to phantom to. In other words you can make it go to slot 1 even if you have a printer there. Although AppleWorks does not like that for some strange reason. There are patches to fix this though. Anyway I'd say buy it! ---- You can paint it all kinds of pretty colors and have speakers give it glowing reviews, but abortion is still baby killing. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ gtolar@xcluud.sccsi.com <-or-> uunet!nuchat!xcluud!gtolar I didn't write the organization or path. I just use it.
mikero@lablues.UUCP (Mike roberge) (06/09/91)
georged@pro-harvest.cts.com (George Dybowski) writes: > In-Reply-To: message from geniusman@pro-hindugods.cts.com > > Do you know if you can have more than 2 partitions in slot # 7 if you use > the Ramfast SCSI card ??? I am using a Laser and need to use slot # 7 and > would buy the Ramfast only if I can get more than 2 partitions. My slot # > 5 is the memory expansion board so I don't want to give up that slot. I use a RamFactor 1 Meg memory expansion board in slot #7 and have it partitioned in 3 different sections.
toddpw@nntp-server.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel) (06/10/91)
mikero@lablues.UUCP (Mike roberge) writes: >I use a RamFactor 1 Meg memory expansion board in slot #7 and have it >partitioned in 3 different sections. This is different. The RamFactor partitioning software only lets ProDOS see one partition at a time. The RamFast software lets you see all off them as long as you have enough non-disk-slots to 'shadow' them in. ProDOS itself cannot see more than two partitions per slot, so the RamFast software (among others) fools ProDOS into thinking that other slots are holding the remaining partitions. The RamFactor software does not do that, unless they've changed it a lot since I bought mine. Todd Whitesel toddpw @ tybalt.caltech.edu
whitewolf@gnh-starport.cts.com (Tae Song) (06/10/91)
George Dybowski writes... |Do you know if you can have more than 2 partitions in slot # 7 if you use |the Ramfast SCSI card ??? I am using a Laser and need to use slot # 7 and |would buy the Ramfast only if I can get more than 2 partitions. My slot # |5 is the memory expansion board so I don't want to give up that slot. Yes, the RamFAST well handle up to 8 partitions, 12 if you get ROM 2.0 for the RamFAST. INET: whitewolf@gnh-starport.cts.com UUCP: crash!gnh-starport!whitewolf ARPA: crash!gnh-starport!whitewolf@nosc.mil
georged@pro-harvest.cts.com (George Dybowski) (06/21/91)
In-Reply-To: message from whitewolf@gnh-starport.cts.com I purchased the Ramfast card ver. 2.00 and it works great even with DMA turned off on my Laser128EX. I also found out that GEOS now recognizes my hard drive using the Ramfast where before I was using the Apple High Speed SCSI card and GEOS did not recognize the hard drive.