Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!bbn!rochester!PT.CS.CMU.EDU!andrew.cmu.edu!mw22+ From: mw22+@andrew.cmu.edu (Michael Alan Wertheim) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: extra memory for the IIc Message-ID: Date: 23 Mar 88 23:35:30 GMT References: <8493@reed.UUCP> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University Lines: 29 In-Reply-To: <8493@reed.UUCP> I have an Apple //c with a 512k Checkmate MultiRam card. (See their ads in Nibble, A+, etc. for prices.) Mainly I use the 512k as a ramdisk, using the software that comes with the card. I can load all of Appleworks and all of the Pinpoint Spelling Checker, with dictionary, onto the card at once. (It takes a few minutes to do this, though.) My normal setup, though, is Appleworks and Basic.System on the Ramcard. I can then switch from one to the other in about three seconds. I use this to write/run Applesoft programs that process text files produced by the Appleworks data base or spreadsheet. As for using the 512k in your programs -- if you buy "Program Writer" from Beagle Bros, you also get something called "ProBasic", which is like Basic.System, but it adds a slew of extra features to Applesoft, including the ability to store arrays in a disk-based text file instead of in memory. The array can be accessed using normal Applesoft array syntax. I am not sure if Beagle Bros still sells "ProBasic" with "Program Writer", so you might want to call them up to find out how to get it. Michael Wertheim Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA Arpa: mw22@andrew.cmu.edu Bitnet: mw22%andrew@cmccvb