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From: spock@wrkof.incom.de (Martin Georg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: APPLE HIGH SPEED SCSI Vs Ramfast
Summary: RamFAST will work with Syquests (soon)...
Keywords: Apple High Speed SCSI, RamFAST, Syquest
Message-ID: <1990Oct25.075224.4859@wrkof.incom.de>
Date: 25 Oct 90 07:52:24 GMT
References: <9010230531.AA12688@apple.com> <8101@darkstar.ucsc.edu> <863@mtune.ATT.COM>
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In article <863@mtune.ATT.COM> rkh@mtune.ATT.COM (Robert Halloran) writes:
>In article <8101@darkstar.ucsc.edu> unknown@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (The Unknown User) writes:
>>	At least in the last info I heard, the RAMFAST only worked with
>>plain old hard drives.. DIDN'T work with removable SCSI media, whether it
>>be floptical drives, Syquest based drives, or CD Roms..
>
>Could someone confirm this?  I was planning on getting a Syquest for my GS,
>and wanted to use the RAMfast card rather that the HS SCSI.  If the above
>is true, though, I'll be stuck with the Apple board.
>
>						Bob Halloran
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>"Apple II Forever"?  Looks like Forever = 13 years, 6 months 
>	(4/15/77 - 10/15/90)
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Hi Folks!

I think the RamFAST will work well with Syquests as long as you do not
use removable-media features of the drive (i.e. removing the drive during
write or read operations). But there will be true support for that kind
of drives in nearest future when VC Tech will release their ROM Version 2.0
(I think it will be in four weeks...). I highly recommend the RamFAST. The
difference in Speed is amazing, and it is even better when using ProDOS 8.
The Apple High Speed is only about 20-30% faster that the old SCSI rev. C
and not worth the money...

Martin Georg
Frankfurt, Germany
----> Apple II forever! <----