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From: jetzer@studsys.mu.edu (jetzer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: 256K on Transwarp
Message-ID: <167@studsys.mu.edu>
Date: 25 Apr 88 22:26:03 GMT
References: <8804240141.AA12784@wpi.local> <2685@pasteur.Berkeley.Edu>
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In article <2685@pasteur.Berkeley.Edu>, tsang@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Donald Tsang) writes:
> In article <8804240141.AA12784@wpi.local> MPENDER@WPI.BITNET writes:
> >I don't suppose some friendly person out there has patches for
> >appleworks to make it work with a Transwarp card at the full 256K, or even
> >128K for appleworks and 128K ramdrive.  Patches or a driver for prodos
> >to make it work like a 256K ramdisk?
> >
> >Does AE have them?
> 
> Hah!!!  As far as I've been able to find, there is NO WAY to access the
> other 128k of the Transwarp card.


Hmmm ... this may contradict something I posted earlier, but ...

I was looking through an old copy of Open Apple (Vol 2, No 11), and there
was a letter in this issue that said that it *was* possible to access this
memory.  It seems that before the days of //e's and aux slot cards, there
was another memory expansion method, that of multiple 16K language cards
(similar to the RamWorks-style multiple 64K banks), and there exists some
software, including RAMdisk emulation software, that accesses it.  If you
possess this sort of software, it should work, according to the letter.

Additionally if you're running your Transwarp on a ][+, this letter suggests
that you should be able to use software that will make a RAMdisk out of the
extended 80-col software (since the Transwarp contains the circuitry to
emulate the extended-80 card when used on a //e).

This letter didn't give any specifics, but this information may be of use.

-- 
Mike Jetzer
"Hack first, ask questions later."