I've noticed alot of the Ramworks cards on ebay are just
that, they don't come with software, or manuals, etc.
Would I need a file to modify appleworks, so that it knows
that is there? Where would I find the drivers, etc?
I was kinda dissapointed to learn that the Extra memory
in my Franklin Ace 2100 couldn't be used to expand the
desktop space.
You can find a pdf of the manual for the RamWorks III and the software on my site at
http://homepage.mac.com/wayne_stewart
Most of what's in the manual will apply to any ramworks card and the software will patch AppleWorks, create a RAMdisk or test the card.
It's been years since I used FDOS (Franklin DOS), but I seem to remember that Dave McWherter (the author) included various tools to make use of the extra RAM, such as a RAM disk. That might help you use the extra RAM for something useful. I might have a driver for the CP/M distributed by Franklin which also created a RAM disk, but it's been a while since I looked at my collection of CP/M sources.
Bob
Hey Wayne!
What a great resource you've provided, with all of those old hardware manuals online! I just had to download them all.
I had a problem in that the following two files didn't want to download (after repeated attempts);
-vulcan_2+_2e_v1.3.pdf
-grappler+.pdf
Please check it out and determine if there was an actual glitch or if I should just try again.
Also, do you know of any other stashes of digitized old Apple II/accessory hardware/software manuals on the web? I've been assembling a set of similar files for the Apple //c Memory expansion card. When it's done, I'll post the URL on the 'fritter.
Mutant_Pie
There is a glitch with those two files. I tried deleting them and loading them again but I still get the same results.
In the meantime you can download those two files from another site I have at http://www3.telus.net/waynes
I haven't seen too many other manuals online. I did digitize 3 AE catalogs but because they're almost all graphics it wasn't worthwhile making part of them text. So being all high res graphics the file sizes are huge. If you wasnt them I can pull a few things and put them up temporarily.
Wayne