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From: ranger@ecsvax.UUCP (Rick N. Fincher)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: RamFactor
Message-ID: <2438@ecsvax.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 5-Dec-86 11:39:30 EST
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Posted: Fri Dec  5 11:39:30 1986
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Summary: Ramfactor a nice card, works with //gs too.

In article <8612041148.aa14311@SPARK.BRL.ARPA>, gviernes@wheeler-emh.arpa writes:
> 
> 
> Has anyone got words (good or bad) on RamFactor?  I've been looking at  it  and
> RamWorks III.  I know if I got the latter my extended 80-column card would have

The Ramfactor is a nice card, it is compatible with Apple's memory card.
It also has the advantage of being a bootable device, Ramworks is not.
Ramworks will let you partition the Ram drive so that it can be used as
both a ram drive and for Appleworks storage.  Ramfactor can be battery
backed-up for instant booting from the Ram disk.  If you don't want 
another orphan board, get Ramfactor, it works in the //gs, Ramworks 
does not.  I would only recommend getting a Ramworks card if you 
didn't have an extended 80 column card, so you could get double hires.
However, since you indicated that you already have an extended 80 col.
board, I would definately say to get Ramfactor.  The only two drawbacks
of the Ramfactor are its lack of partitioning for both Appleworks space
and the fact that it uses an odd type of RAM chip that is easier to battery back o              
battery back-up but is more expensive to buy for upgrading thwe amount 
of onboard RAM.

Rick Fincher
ranger@ecsvax