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From: reeder@reed.UUCP (Doug Reeder)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Synetix 256K RAM card and Mountain Computer Clock card
Keywords: compatibility, Prodos AppleWorks, Apple ][+
Message-ID: <12232@reed.UUCP>
Date: 30 Mar 89 06:33:43 GMT
References: <2060@vicorp.UUCP> <2061@vicorp.UUCP>
Reply-To: reeder@reed.UUCP (Doug Reeder)
Organization: Reed College, Portland OR
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In article <2061@vicorp.UUCP> daniel@vicorp.UUCP (Daniel Dee) writes:
>I have an old Synetix 256K RAM card, can anyone tell me if this will
>be usable for AppleWorks?  I also have an old Mountain Computer
>Clock card. Will ProDos be able to recognize this clock?  I have an
>Apple ][+.  Any response will be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
>
>Daniel
>V.I. Corp., Amherst, MA 01002
>ddee@vicorp.uu.net

ProDOS will not recognize a Mountain clock by itself.  You will need to 
install a driver after the system boots.  An undocumented bug in proDOS
will cause RENAME to always give a syntax error when you use the Mountain 
clock.

the above information is from "ProDOS inside and out" by Dennis Doms and-
Tom Weishaar, which also contains a Mountain Clock driver and driver installer
that works around the problem.


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