The Unofficial RamFAST Manual
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1. e Remove the cover from the computer lightly touch the metal case of the power supply to discharge any static electricity present in your body and plug the RamFAST SCSI into any available slot except slot 3 Periodically touch the power supply to discharge any static electricity that might build up You cannot be too safe on this issue e Connect the 25 pin connector to the back panel of your computer See the owner s manual for your particular Apple i e e or IIGS e Using the appropriate cable connect your Hard Drive HD to the RamFAST SCSI card e Turn on power and boot your machine e If necessary format and partition the hard drive using the RamFAST SCSI Utilities program It s especially important to do this if your hard drive is formatted at an interleave other than 1 1 See Note e Install the operating system from floppy or restore your backup to the hard drive See Note e Boot the hard drive run double click the RamFAST System program it s on the ROMDISK volume CVTech ROM and execute the Install command to copy the RamFAST SCSI System Files onto the hard drive e Disable the ROMDISK with the Options command The ROMDISK overrides your second partition as long as it is enabled e If you already have data on the drive BACK IT UP BEFORE PROCEEDING NOTE This step is not necessary if you are just upgrading from a previous version of the RamFAST SCSI HARDWARE INSTALLATION This section covers the step2. ability to do a low level format or partition of the drive in the RamFAST SCSI Utility program It also does not prevent doing a built in Backup Restore to the hard drive volume Backup The RamFAST SCSI has the built in ability to backup and restore your hard drive to a SCSI tape drive or optionally a removable hard drive such as the SyQuest hard drives To allow the selection of removable media and or another HD as the destination of a BACKUP command you will need to set the HD Backup option to Yes This is done by clicking on OPTIONS in the RamFAST menu and then clicking on HD Backup until it reads YES To begin the process just go up and click on Backup You will be prompted for what volume s you want to backup Select as many as you want from the right lower section of the screen under the GS OS heading a second click on a volume deselects it A running total of the amount of space needed for the backup is displayed above the Vo umes line Do NOT select more than your tape can hold A 60Mb tape holds approximately 60 000K a 155Mb tape holds approximately 155 000K etc When you have selected all of the volumes that you want backed up then go up and click on Backup again You will be asked to confirm that you want to overwrite any data that may be on the tape or the destination hard drive if you have enabled that option If everything s O K then click on OK Now if you want you can boot up a game or anything else you want The Ra
3. above for weak power supplies even if you have a heavy duty power supply This is a problem that is associated with the design of the Apple e and there is nothing very little that can be done about it If the RamFAST SCSI works in your Apple e with no or few cards installed and doesn t work with all of them installed then unless one of the peripherals is mentioned below as causing specific problems it is possible that the RamFAST SCSI may not be able to function in this computer unless some of the cards are removed permanently There are a couple of potential problems solutions with a RamFAST in a e e Power distribution Supposedly the 5 traces on the e backplane are pretty thin Sometimes soldering a heavier wire from 5 on the power supply connector straight to the 5 pins on the back of the motherboard can cure this This is the very little from above e Noise Not much can be done about this the e motherboard is pretty noisy e The HCT high speed CMOS parts are sometimes incapable of driving the TTL bus buffers on the e motherboard e The best overall solution is for e people to locate a used RamFAST Rev C card Call Sequential Systems for availability Apple e Accelerators The 10Mhz RocketChip will not work in the same system as a RamFAST SCSI and there is nothing that Sequential Systems can do about it Initially there were no accelerators for the Apple e that were DMA compatible Now the 8MHz Zip
4. and the left or right arrow keys Partition The Partition command is used to write a new partition map to the drive that corresponds to the list of partitions in the bottom half of the screen Any partitions less than or equal to 32Mb in size will also have a blank ProDOS directory structure put on it Partitions larger than 32Mb will not be formatted by the RamFAST SCSI There is no space in the ROM for the necessary code to format HFS style For the IIGS when GS OS later sees the uninitialized partition it will say that it does not recognize it and asks if you want to format the partition using the HFS file system Go ahead and format the partition The HFS FST File System Translator must be installed in your BOOT SYSTEM FSTS folder If the HFS FST is not installed your only choice will be ProDOS and 32MB This will effectively lose that portion of the partition greater than 32Mb The Format option referred you to this section if the number of partitions and or their size was not to your liking Consider the IOMEGA 100Meg disk which has slightly more than 96Meg available when formatted e When formatted by the Format command it will end up with five partitions each 19 Meg in size e In order to change to three 32 meg partitions you need to delete two of the partitions using the Delete command OR by decreasing the size of a partition until it reaches 0 At that point it will disappear e Once the two partitions are gone you can in
5. must contact them if you wish to use the material in this manual for your own purpose Disclaimer of Warranty and Limitation of Liability Even though the authors have reviewed this documentation they make no warranty or representation either express or implied with respect t it s quality performance or fitness for a particular purpose As a result this information is distributed as is and you the user are assuming the entire risk as to its quality and performance In no event will the authors be liable for direct indirect special incidental or consequential damages resulting from any defect in the information presented here even if advised of the possibility of such damages In particular the authors shall have no liability for any programs or date stored in or used with this product including the costs of recovering such programs or data Any errors omissions or suggestions for improvement should be sent to bird mcs net This version of the manual was finalized 3 17 97 LIMITED WARRANTY Sequential Systems warrants this product against defects in materials and workmanship for two years from the time you the original consumer purchase it This warranty applies only should the product fail to function properly under normal use During the warranty period Sequential Systems will repair or at its option replace at no charge components that prove to be defective provided the product is returned shipping prepaid an
6. under GS OS Volumes To begin go up and click on RESTORE You will be prompted to select the volume name on the tape you want to restore from After you select the volume from the tape you are prompted to select the volume you want to OVERWRITE from those listed under GS OS volumes You will be asked to confirm that you want to overwrite any data that may be on the destination volume If everything s O K then click on OK Single File Restore It is also possible although it s painfully slow to restore a single file from a volume backed up to tape Before starting this if the original volume is still being used under the same name as it was backed up as you need to change its name to something else This is because we are going to make the backed up volume come up on the desktop just like any other volume and GS OS refuses to see two volumes with the same name on line at the same time To begin you need to go up and click on ScSIUTILS and select the tape drive when you are asked to choose a SCSI device When you are on the SCSIUTILITIES screen you need to go over to the column labeled AcTIvE and change the entry for the volume that contains the file to Y Now go up and click on Quit When you are back on the VOLUMES screen you should see the backed up volume listed as one of those GS OS Volumes Now you can click on QUIT again and access the backed up volume just like a VERY SLOW hard drive Options Clicking on Options will cause the followi
7. you get this replacement part If there already is a TWGS 2B part in your TranswarpGS then you should replace the Transwarp with the original 65C816 processor and see if the problems go away If they do contact Sequential Systems Technical Support to see if a source for further modifications has been identified AE TWGS Accelerator RamFAST SCSI Options You must have the Option in the Utility program for TranswarpGS set to Yes If you don t you will have problems AE TWGS Control Panel Appletalk IRQ The TranswarpGS s control panel Desk Accessory has a section labeled Configure which in turn has the entry AppleTalk IRQ Make sure it is ON If it is OFF you will have problems AE GS RAM The GS Ram Revision A will not function with the RamFAST SCSI under any circumstances Disable the DMA option in the Utility program for GS Ram Revisions B C and D Only Revision E and some Revision D cards and later are completely DMA compatible You will have to determine for yourself if your Rev D card is or isn t compatible some Rev D cards arrived from AE with a flyer saying that they were DMA compatible and they were To determine the revision of the GS Ram card you must remove it from your computer and look at the supporting leg of the card half way between the card edge connector and the back end of the card On the front or back there will be a message that reads REV x where x can be A B C D or E AE GS RAM Plus
8. Chip is mostly DMA compatible A slight modification to the Rev C board makes it compatible Call Sequential Systems if have a Rev C board that is not DMA compatible and you wish to pursue this issue The Rev D board cannot be modified in this manner and thus is not DMA compatible with the Zip Some of the 8Mhz ZipChips have had problems in the same system as a RamFAST SCSI even when DMA is disabled If you are having problems with an 8Mhz ZipChip try replacing it with the original 65CO2 processor and see if the problems go away If they do then you need to call Zip Technologies and get it replaced Apple e 40 Column versus 80 Column If you are installing the RamFAST SCSI into an Apple e it is required that you have an 80 column card The Utility program will not function without it Apple IIGS Computers Apple IIGS Control Panel Settings In an Apple IIGS you need to make sure that the control panel setting for the slot that the RamFAST SCSI is installed in is set to Your Card and that the boot slot is set to Scan or to the slot that the RamFAST SCSI is installed in Apple SCSI Drivers Previously you were instructed to remove the Apple DMA SCSI drivers unless you had an Apple High Speed DMA High Speed card installed in your system This is no longer true Apple fixed the problem in System 5 0 4 Can t Run ProDOS 8 Software from GS OS In the following the devices are shown as 5 6 where 5 is for GS OS 5 04 and 6 is for GS OS 6 and b
9. I If more than one drive or other SCSI devices such as a tape drive is being installed make sure that they each have a unique SCSI ID A SCSI ID number is an address on the SCSI bus for the device it has no connection with the slot number that you install the RamFAST SCSI in Note The SCSI ID of your boot HD must be the highest numbered SCSI ID on the SCSI bus The SCSI ID is set by either switches or straps on in the SCSI device Consult the manual that came with your SCSI device for the details concerning your device Turn off the power to your computer and all of your peripherals DO NOT disconnect the power cable to the wall Remove the cover from the computer Lightly touch the metal case of the power supply This will discharge any static electricity your body might contain Such discharges can easily damage components on the card Repeat this lightly touching of the power supply s metal case prior to touching any electronic device such as the RamFAST SCSI Finally never never touch any part of the card s gold fingers that plug into your computer If there is another controller card for the drive installed detach its cable from the back of the computer and remove the old card from the computer Don t forget to lightly touch the power supply case Install the RamFAST SCSI in an available slot in the computer Most people install a hard drive controller in slot 7 however it is possible to install the RamFAST SCSI in an
10. I keeps the most recently accessed data in its on board memory at all times the data are often available almost immediately Even when it is necessary to actually access the disk to get the data the RamFAST SCSI gets the data as fast as physically possible Since the processor on the RamFAST SCSI runs at 10Mhz it has no problems keeping up with an interleave of 1 1 This allows the RamFAST SCSI to read an entire track of the drive in one revolution And what s more even when writing to the disk the RamFAST SCSI is able to keep up with this 1 1 interleave INTRODUCTION AND QUICKSTART If you are upgrading the ROM s on your RamFAST SCSI from a version previous to V3 0 you should have received an instruction sheet with the ROM s with instructions on how to install the ROM chip Just follow the installation instructions on that sheet and you should be all set You should still browse through the manual to get yourself familiar with the differences between V3 0 and the version that was installed previously One thing to be aware of if you are upgrading from a previous version of the RamFAST SCSI is that Tape backups made by versions previous to V3 0 are not compatible with the current software in the RamFAST SCSI Conventions Used In This Manual S n where n can be 1 2 3 4 5 6 or 7 is used to refer to a slot number in your computer D n is used to refer to which ProDOS 8 drive number is assigned to a volume or partition if you pre
11. If when you click on SCSIUTILS you are presented with a message stating that The RamFAST SCSI did not find any SCSI devices then you should turn everything off again and check to make sure that the card and cables are installed correctly If you still get the message you should turn to the Trouble Shooting section and read about possible causes solutions for this message Once you make it to the SCSI Utilities screen you should see your partitions listed under the column labeled Partition Name and if the entry for Interleave is 1 1 then it is not necessary to re format the HD If you see your partitions but the Interleave is something other than 1 1 it is strongly recommended that you go ahead and re format the drive running with an Interleave other than 1 1 will slow the RamFAST SCSI down a lot If you don t see any partitions listed under Partition Name you will have to format the HD in order to use it with the RamFAST SCSI To format the drive just click on FORMAT If the drive you are formatting is a SASI drive Sider you then be asked to specify which one it is After that you will be presented with a message telling you that FORMAT will wipe out any data on the drive If you have data on the drive that is not backed up STOP NOW and BACK IT UP We are NOT responsible if you click OK but didn t mean it Formatting the drive can take anywhere from a few seconds to several minutes and up to 30 minutes for a Sider D2 After the formatti
12. RaMmFAST Manual By Howard Katz Sue McKinnell Joe Walters and Gary Welsh ABOUT THIS MANUAL This is not an official manual from Sequential Systems It does however contain major excerpts from the Sequential Systems manual The use of these excerpts has been permitted by Mr Joseph Yandrofski President of Sequential Systems His e mail on the subject follows Mr Walters This note is to confirm that you have the permission of myself as President of Sequential Systems Inc to publish and sell your owner s manual for our RamFast SCSI interface for Apple II Joseph A Yandrofski President Sequential Systems Inc Voice 303 666 4549 http www sequential com Despite the permissions given above Sequential Systems still retains the copyright to those portions of the manual that are excerpted here and are not in the public domain Acknowledgements There were four people involved in directly generating this manual Howard Katz Sue McKinnell Joe Walters and Gary Welsh Jawaid Bazyar was extremely valuable in providing explanations of areas we didn t understand and text for areas he felt that the manual should address Finally we wish to thank Joe Yandrofski for allowing us to bring this manual to you However despite Joseph Yandrofski s statement above that we could sell this manual it is not for sale It is free however we wish to stress once again the copyright remains with Sequential Systems and Mr Yandrofski so you
13. Rev A CheckMate Memory or RamPack 4GS If you have any of these products installed in your computer you will have to disable the DMA option in the Utility program in order to avoid problems To determine the revision of a GS Ram Plus use the same method outlined in the above AE GS Ram problem description AE RamKeeper If there are two 2 memory cards installed in the RamKeeper you will have to disable DMA using the Utility program You should not have any problems if there is only one 1 memory card installed in the BACK pocket of the RamKeeper and the memory card itself is DMA compatible Top Six Questions Received at Tech Support Central Q I just installed my RamFAST SCSI card and attached my hard drive to it When I boot the computer the second partition is missing A All you have to do is run the program RamFAST System on the volume CVTech ROM and use the Options menu to turn off the ROMDisk option the Options menu is detailed in section 13 5 3 of this manual Take this opportunity to verify the settings of the other Options When done click on the Save item to make the new settings permanent Q I just attached a CD ROM drive to my SCSI chain but when I try to boot the computer crashes or just hangs A Make sure that the SCSI ID of the CD ROM drive or any removable type drive is _lower_ than the SCSI ID of your hard drive For example if your hard drive s SCSI ID is 5 your CD ROM should be set to SCSI ID 4 or less If
14. ackage they should be configured to work together from the start If that is the case your hard drive should boot right up after the hardware installation is done If this is the case you can skip the rest of this discussion and start using your hard drive Otherwise continue reading for information on how to get your system up and running If this is the first time you have used your computer with the RamFAST SCSI the utility program should auto boot on its own But if for some reason it does not you can force it to come up by holding down the 0 zero key when you turn on your computer Make sure that you hold it down for a few seconds AFTER the RamFAST SCSI displays its Searching the SCSI bus message appears or until the utility program screen appears Once you are in the utility program go ahead and click OK if any other message appears CONFIGURATION DATA MISSING is the most likely FORMAT HARD DRIVE If the hard drive has any data on it that you want to save you should skip this step at least for now until you have backed up the HD See the section titled Backup Click on the command ScsIUTILS at the top of the screen If you have only one drive attached then the screen will change to the SCSI Utilities screen If you have more than one device attached you will first be presented with a list of Online SCSI Devices on the left lower part of the screen you should select the drive that you want to work with from the list
15. also allows you to change the way it behaves at power up by holding down certain keys It is also possible to use these keys when you do an Open Apple Control Reset but this might seem better suited to an octopus If you hold down a number key from 1 through 9 when you turn the power on then the partition in the Logical Devices list corresponding to the number held down is booted For example holding down the 2 key will boot the second partition in the list holding down the 6 key will boot the sixth partition in the list etc This can be very handy if you sometimes want to boot GS OS and other times want to boot ProSel or even ProDOS 8 One thing to be aware of is that the selected partition becomes the default boot partition until another key is held down or you turn off the power to the computer You can make the change permanent by running the Utility program and saving the current configuration Also if you hold down the 0 key at power up the utility program will boot This can be handy if you have lost or misplaced the copy of the utility program that the Install command put on your hard drive Note that the above defeats the GS OS convention that holding down the 8 key while booting will boot into ProDOS 8 Holding down the 8 key when the RamFAST SCSI is installed will result in partition 8 being booted if the partition is bootable The following patch was posted on GEnie in 1994 by Mark Miller It will allow IIGS users to
16. boot into ProDOS 8 by pressing the CAPS LOCK key down as opposed to holding the 8 key down If the CAPS LOCK key is up the IIGS will boot the system start file i e the Finder in most cases Using ProSel 16 or some other block editor make the following modifications to the ProDOS boot file in the root directory NOT P8 in the System folder Offset Was 42A 00 42D FF 430 B8 Lastly if you hold down the space bar the RamFAST SCSI will basically cease to exist It will not put partitions in its device list and will immediately boot through to the next slot This is handy if you or maybe your kids want to boot something on the 3 5 or 5 25 disks without having to worry about your hard drive If you want to do this with the hard drive powered down or disconnected you will have to have the jumper JP1 just above where the cable plugs onto the card installed or the RamFAST SCSI will crash immediately into the monitor To get the partitions back after you have booted this way you can turn the power off and back on or perform an OPEN APPLE CONTROL RESET while holding down a number key This will tell the RamFAST SCSI to rebuild its partition table and boot the selected partition Upgrading to 1Meg of Cache The Rev D and beyond RamFAST SCSI is upgradeable from 256K of cache to 1Meg of cache To do the upgrade yourself you will need to order Two 2 1Meg X 4 DRAMs in a 300mil DIP package The Toshiba part number for the
17. ckup if you need anything that s on it After the format completes a default set of partitions will be created on the hard drive If these are satisfactory you can just Quit and continue on with whatever you please Otherwise read on and find out how you can change the sizes and or names of the partitions Add Delete Partitions The Add and Delete commands are a linked pair They are used to add a new partition to the list at the bottom of the screen or to delete the currently selected partition You can add up to a total of twelve 12 partitions onto any single drive If you wish to change the name just select the partition that you wish to change and press the DELETE key The line will clear and you will be able to type in a new name after you finish with the name just press RETURN Resizing Partitions There are two thermometers One changes the partition size in 1Mb increments decrements and the other by 32K increments decrements To change the size of a selected partition you can use the mouse to click on one end or the other of the thermometer to decrease or increase its size by the amount stated under that thermometer The left side of a thermometer decreases the size and the right side increases the size If you are not using the mouse you can adjust the size in 1Mb increments by holding down the OPEN APPLE key and the left or right arrow keys You can adjust the size in 32K increments by holding down the OPTION or CLOSED APPLE on a e
18. crease two of the remaining partitions to 32768K and the third to slightly less At that point click of Partition at the top of the screen and you are done Headpark The Headpark command is not necessary on any drive manufactured in the last few years All drives manufactured today have an auto headpark feature built in If you do need to park your heads you can use this command or create a System file using the code fragment below to do it for you If the code fragment below is meaningless to you then you should consult with someone who understands 65816 assembly language Rewind Rewind is used to rewind a tape in a tape drive that is not at the beginning This shouldn t normally be needed since the built in Backup and Restore commands rewind the tape before doing any processing ACTIVE VERSUS INACTIVE PARTITIONS The last column in the display at the bottom of the screen is labeled Active and has entries below it that say Yes or No This means that you can selectively choose which partitions you want the system to have access to at any given time The main use of this feature is by those people with multiple hard drives with a total of more than twelve 12 partitions This feature allows you to switch among the partitions you need to have access to up to a maximum of twelve at a time SPECIAL FEATURES AND UPGRADES Keys Used During the Boot Process One thing that has only been mentioned in passing up to now is that the RamFAST SCSI
19. d properly packed to Sequential Systems Before returning any item you must first call 800 999 1717 to obtain an RMA Return Merchandise Authorization number This number must be prominently marked on the outside of the shipping container and on a letter enclosed inside that lists your name address and reason for returning the item Also a copy of your purchase receipt or other proof of original purchase and the serial number Rev D cards manufactured by Sequential Systems do not have a serial number so this requirement is waived for such boards must be provided when requesting warranty service Sequential Systems will consider an on file registration card in your name RamFAST SCSI as proof of purchase See it does pay to send those registration cards in This warranty does not apply if in the opinion of Sequential Systems the product has been damaged by accident misuse neglect improper packing or improper modifications This warranty is in lieu of all other express warranties statements or representations and unless stated herein all such warranties statements or representations made by any other person or firm is void In the event that this product shall prove defective in workmanship or materials your sole remedy shall be the repair or remedy as stated in this warranty and under no circumstances shall Sequential Systems be liable for any loss or damage direct incidental or consequential arising out of the use of
20. e RamFAST SCSI are stored on a RomDISK that is stored in the RamFAST SCSI This RomDISK will show up as a volume named CVTECH ROM on the GS OS Finder desktop Under ProDOS 8 it shows up as D2 of the slot that the RamFAST SCSI is installed in So if the RamFAST SCSI is installed in S7 of your computer then the RomDISK if enabled see Options RomDISK 13 5 3 will show up as S7 D2 for use by any ProDOS 8 program There are two screens associated with the RamFAST SCSI Utilities The Vo umes screen described in sections 13 1 through 13 6 and the Scs Utils described in sections 13 7 through 13 13 Volumes Screen The utilities program is broken up into two different sections The first is what we are going to call the Volumes screen The second which we call the SCSI Utilities screen will be covered in a later section Each screen has a command bar at the top of the screen that can be clicked on with the mouse or accessed via keyboard commands to execute commands ProDOS 8 VOLUMES The RamFAST SCSI allows you to have access to all of your partitions even under ProDOS 8 We do this by mapping entries for any or all of your volumes into the ProDOS 8 device table You can tell us exactly where to map each volume by clicking on its name under the column labeled GS OS Volumes You should see a cursor bar appear on the left side of the screen in the section labeled ProDOS 8 Volumes it may have already been highlighted You can now click on any slo
21. e data for the next call available immediately Normally the RamFAST SCSI will adjust the value on the fly and you shouldn t need to change it from Auto Auto does an automatic lookahead of 12K or so With older slow drives a person could try different settings to optimize cache efficiency but any drive made after 1990 or so works best on the Auto setting Some lookahead points to keep in mind e The available lookahead cache values do not change based on the amount of cache available i e 256K and 1Meg However when you have more cache memory more of the hard drive can be cached at any one time The lookahead settings tell the card how much data to read ahead for small requests This is why ProDOS 8 stuff is so much faster on a RamFAST than a High Speed SCSI card e You do not gain speed by having all your data in one partition The RamFAST cache is pretty smart and works a bit better when a large drive is partitioned There is a logical cache for each partition they all share the same physical memory of course but it works out that a partitioned drive caches a bit better for the types of stuff we care about caching directories volume bitmaps etc than a single huge drive The last column in the display is labeled WrProt The RamFAST SCSI allows you to write protect any and all volumes whenever you want This will prevent the operating system programs from writing to that volume Keep in mind though that this does NOT prevent the
22. eyond i e 8 12 8 for 5 04 and 12 for 6 and beyond If you are having problems running ProDOS 8 software from GS OS you probably have more than 8 12 devices in the ProDOS device table This is a problem inherent in GS OS You cannot have more than 8 12 total devices available under ProDOS if you are going to launch your applications from GS OS Note this is not a problem if the hard drive boots ProDOS 8 directly To see if this may be the problem total up all of your 3 5 drives 5 25 drives and any RamFAST SCSI partitions you have mapped into the ProDOS Block Device table If the total is greater than 7 11 you will have this problem the RAM3 RAMdisk gets added in too To fix this you need to unmap some of the partitions on the RamFAST SCSI or possibly turn off the slot for your 3 5 or 5 25 drives if you are not using them Desk Accessories If you suspect problems with one or more desk accessories and if you have System 6 0 or later then hold down either Shift key when booting You can release it when you see the phrase No Inits DAs below the Welcome to GS OS box If this clears the problem then you will have to remove Inits CDAs and NDAs one at a time and boot the system keeping this up until the problem disappears Then you should put back all but the offending Init DA to make sure that it was the only DA causing the problem For e and IIGS not using System 6 0 or later see the following note for a way to temporally remove INIT
23. fer that nomenclature Together then S7 D2 refers to Slot 7 Drive 2 If you are still lost then you should read the chapters in your computer s user s manual that refer to ProDOS 8 and disk drives It is assumed that you will be using a mouse to interact with the utility program that is built into the RamFAST ROM If this is not the case i e e users without a mouse and keyboard orientated users the following steps can be used to reproduce the actions of the mouse To execute commands that the mouse clicks at the top of the screen you can hold down the COMMAND key OPEN APPLE and the highlighted letter in the command at the same time For example to execute the ScsIUTILS command the letter U is highlighted you would hold down the COMMAND key and U at the same time It makes no difference whether you use upper or lower case U When told to select something you can move the cursor bar with the arrow keys and select the highlighted item you want by pressing RETURN or SPACE BAR QUICKSTART GUIDE If the following list makes no sense whatsoever then you should just go on to the sections on Hardware Installation and System Setup and follow the step by step instructions for getting the RamFAST SCSI up and running e On IIGS machines make sure that the control panel setting for the slot that you intend to plug the RamFAST SCSI into is set to Your Card e Turn off the power to your computer but do NOT unplug it from the wall outlet
24. he computer and restart it for the driver to load The other partitions will show up then If All Else Fails If you have read and tried everything in the Trouble Shooting section and you are still having problems then gather the following information 1 What kind of computer e IIGS ROM 01 or IIGS ROM 03 etc 2 Serial number see section 1 Limited Warranty for serial number discussion and ROM version of your RamFAST SCSI See section titled Volumes Screen to see where the ROM version is displayed 3 A list of the other cards and their version installed in your computer 4 A list containing the complete details about the equipment attached to the RamFAST SCSI 5 Your name address and daytime phone number 6 A description of the problem you are having and if possible a way to reproduce it and send it to Sequential Systems 1200 Diamond Circle Lafayette CO 80026 Ph 303 666 4549 Fax 303 665 0933 For on line technical assistance contact www sequential com jay sequential com WARRANTY REGISTRATION Be sure to fill out the Warranty Registration card and send it in It is the only way that we can know that you are out there and can contact you with news of upgrades etc If by chance you threw the card away you can send us the information asked for in items 1 through 5 in the If All Else Fails section
25. in it is highlighted and press RETURN You should now be booting the floppy If you are using a IIGS you should now read up on the Jnsta ler if you are not familiar with it and use it to install the current GS OS operating system on your first HD partition If you are using an enhanced e you should use Copy f Plus or any file copying program you are familiar with to put a copy of ProDOS 8 and whatever else you want on the HD Keep in mind that ProDOS 8 loads the first System file that it finds so the first one you copy on to the HD should be some type of program launcher such as ProSe Squirt or any of the others that are available It s now time for the acid test Turn OFF the computer turn it back ON and it should boot your hard drive If it doesn t try going through the installation again making sure to follow each step in order If the HD boots like it s supposed to you are almost done The only thing left is to go onto the next section and install the RamFAST SCSI System Software INSTALLING THE RaMFAST SCSI SOFTWARE You should now be sitting at the GS OS Finder screen or whatever you use as a program launcher If you are using the GS OS Finder you need to open double click the drive icon that is labeled CVTECH ROM Inside you will find two files RAMFAST SYSTEM and RAMFAST DRIVER Double click on RAMFAST SYSTEM this is the Utility Program You should see the Vo umes screen First go up and click on INSTALL You will be a
26. lly different passwords Finally WRITE IT DOWN and keep it in a safe place To set the password click on No and you will be presented with an inverse typing area Type YourPassword lt Return gt The No area will become Yes and the next time you enter the configuration menu you will be prompted for the password See the screen associated with RamFAST SCSI Utilities for location of the Password prompt If after providing the password you no longer want to have a password simply click on Password from the Options screen and it will become No See the Trouble Shooting section if despite your best efforts your forget your password RomDISK This setting should normally be No after you get your system setup and running When this setting is Yes your second drive on the boot slot is named CVTech ROM overriding the normal partition name for that slot and drive See installation procedures for more details HD Backup Normally the built in Backup and Restore deal only with tape drives If you wish to backup to a presumably removable hard drive you must set this option to Yes You will be asked to choose a source and destination device whenever you click on Backup or Restore Short Timeout If you normally leave some of your SCSI drives powered down such as a tape drive or CD you can set this option to Yes to get rid of the 45 second delay at power up while the RamFAST SCSI is waiting for those devices to appear NOTE If you set
27. mFAST SCSI will continue to backup your HD in the background Keep in mind though that your hard drive partitions are WRITE PROTECTED until the backup completes So there will be NO updating of your high scores if your game partition is being backed up Tough luck pilgrim Note The RamFAST SCSI backup utilities work as outlined in this manual however if you have a IIGS and a tape drive and need a file oriented backup utility that will give you much greater control of the archival process then consider GSTape Some of the many features that GSTape offers beyond the basic RamFAST backup utility are multiple backup sessions per tape scripted backups timed backups and of course full GS OS desktop control for the selection of volumes directories and files for both backup and restore processes GSTape was also written with the help of the RamFAST designers so it is both compatible with and uses the unique capabilities of the RamFAST whenever possible GSTape is a great commercial program priced at 35 and is available from County Line Technology PO Box 462283 Garland TX 75046 NOTE By virtue of its name and nature GSTape does NOT backup to anything except SCSI tape devices while the RamFAST SCSI will back up to any removable SCSI hard drive or SCSI tape connected to the system Restore Volume Restore The RESTORE command is the partner of BACKUP You can select any volume on a backup tape and have it restored to any volume listed
28. n be only one 1 set of terminating resistors installed on the SCSI bus This usually takes the form of an external terminator plug that is installed in the daisy chain connector of the last drive in the chain Some drives are supplied with internal terminators If you know this to be the case with your drive you do not need or want an external terminator If you are not sure whether your drive has internal terminators installed you can consult the documentation supplied with it or contact the seller of the drive and ask FAQs Q What are the symptoms of not having a terminator on the SCSI A The drive does not appear when you go into ScsiUtils in the Utility program Q What are the symptoms of having two terminators on the SCSI internal to a drive and a plug A Possibly no symptoms possibly it won t work as above Improper termination can also cause unreliable access works sometimes doesn t work other times Q What can be needs to be done if I have N drives and each has an internal terminator A If the setup is working fine you can leave it But the best thing to do is to have all the internal terminators removed and to use an external terminator block Terminator Power Note RamFAST SCSI Rev C users should read DIP switch 1 when the text mentions JP1 JP1 installed is the same as DIP switch 1 on Removing JP1 is the same as DIP switch 1 off At least one device on the SCSI bus must supply terminator power If y
29. ng is completed the RamFAST SCSI will put a default set of partitions s on the drive it makes as many equal sized partitions as it can If you want to change the size and or names of the partitions you should read the section concerning the PARTITION command under RamFAST SCSI Utilities Once you are satisfied with the partitions you can click on QurT to return to the Volumes screen where you should see your partitions listed under GS OS Volumes It s now time to move on to the next section and install the system software onto the drive MAKING THE HARD DRIVE BOOTABLE If you are still looking at the SCSI Utilities screen go up and click on Quit again You should get a message with two choices SELECT and BOOT If you received the HD pre formatted from the seller you should be able to select BOOT If it boots up great If you get the message UNABLE TO LOAD PRODOS or the system just hangs then you need to shut off the computer and turn it back on while holding down the 0 key This should take you back to the Volumes screen Now just click on QUIT again and this time pick SELECT If you just formatted the HD or you landed here because BOOT didn t work then click on SELECT On the left hand side of the screen a cursor bar will appear You need to make sure you have a current system disk in your 3 5 or 5 25 drive and know what slot is associated with that floppy drive Move the cursor bar so that the slot for the 3 5 or 5 25 drive with the disk
30. ng menu to appear the Yes s and No s will vary according to your setup Options DMA Yes Menu Transwarp Yes AutoSave Yes Mouse Yes Password No RomDISK No HD Backup No Short Timeout No Each of these settings affects the way that the RamFAST SCSI works in your system To change an option just click on the current setting YES NO next to the option you wish to change Following is a description of each option DMA Determines whether the RamFAST SCSI should use DMA in your system If you have a non DMA compatible memory card installed then you should set this option to No TranswarpGS If you have a TranswarpGS installed then make sure this option is set to Yes If it is set to No and you have a Transwarp the RamFAST SCSI will not work properly AutoSave If set to Yes the default then the current configuration will be saved to disk each time you quit from the RamFAST SCSI utility program If you change this option to No you will have to explicitly click on the Save command to update the saved configuration data Mouse Set this option to No If the RamFAST SCSI is installed in a IIGS and you do want not to use the mouse Default is Yes Password If you don t want others to be able to change your RamFAST SCSI configuration you can require the user to enter a password in order to access the RamFAST SCSI utility program Make sure you are VERY careful when you set a password as it is CASE SENSITIVE i e Fred and FrEd are two tota
31. om crashes to total failure to function This is especially a problem in an Apple IIGS with an AE TransWarpGS an AE P C Transporter and a RamFAST SCSI This can also be a problem in an Apple e if there are a lot of peripherals installed If it sounds like this could be the case you should remove some of the cards installed in your computer and see it that cures the problem If it does you should definitely consider getting a heavy duty power supply before reinstalling everything in your computer CMS Hard Drives There is a set of DIP Switches on the back of most CMS hard drives One of these controls how the drive is talked to You must turn on the DIP Switch that makes the drive compatible with the Apple McIntosh If you are not sure how to do this you can consult the documentation supplied with the drive or contact the seller of the drive Multiple Drives Devices with Conflicting SCSI ID Numbers If you have connected multiple devices to the RamFAST SCSI you must be sure that the SCSI ID numbers assigned to the devices do not overlap SCSI ID numbers range from 0 through 7 and no two devices on the same SCSI bus can have the same ID number Information on how to determine and or change the SCSI ID number of a device can be found in the documentation that came with the device Note The RamFAST does not take up a SCSI ID number so you can have up to 8 devices instead of 7 which is the case on most SCSI controllers AE Ramfactor If yo
32. or inability to use this product caused by any defect in the product Sequential Systems 1200 Diamond Circle Lafayette CO 80025 Ph 303 666 4549 Fax 303 665 0933 About the RamFAST SCSI Congratulations You have just purchased the ultimate hard drive controller for the Apple J line of computers The RamFAST SCSI is the only DMA Direct Memory Access hard drive controller that supports true 1 1 interleave No other controller in the Apple market can make that claim What this means is that you can expect unparalleled speed and performance 2 to 13 times that of other controllers Features 1 Megabyte second transfer rate 256K of on board cache upgradable to 1Meg GS OS driver included Configuration Utility program included Built in RomDISK no floppies to mess with Supports up to 12 drives partitions at a time Access to all of them even under ProDOS 8 Compatible with the Apple e and IIgs Supports the older SASI drives Sider D2 D4 and D4T Easy installation just plug and go Limited two year warranty General Theory of Operation The RamFAST SCSI accelerates your hard drive performance by using an on board processor and state of the art hardware caching techniques coupled with DMA to take the burden of disk I O off of the Apple CPU All that is necessary is for code on the Apple to tell the RamFAST SCSI what data it wants and where it wants it put and the RamFAST SCSI does the rest And since the RamFAST SCS
33. our drive s do not supply terminator power to the SCSI bus you must make sure the jumper JP1 on the upper left corner of the RamFAST SCSI is installed JP1 is on the component side of the board If you are not sure whether your drive supplies terminator power then consult either your drive vendor or the supplied documentation It is usually perfectly fine for the card and the drive s to jointly supply terminator power so if in doubt install the jumper unless the next paragraph forbids it If your drive most notably Siders has a sticker on the back saying that the drive supplies terminator power and the SCSI controller card must be modified to NOT supply terminator power then make sure the jumper is removed from JP1 Cables If you have checked all of your cables and they seem to be tightened down correctly then it s time to think about the length of the cables Long cables six feet or more can cause problems at the speed that the RamFAST SCSI operates especially when connecting multiple drives to the RamFAST SCSI If you are having problems and you have a long cable it is worth a try if you can temporally obtain a shorter one The symptoms of too long a cable are Data corruption Apple hangs and all sorts of evil things Your Power Supply If you have a number of cards installed in your computer and you still have the stock power supply that came with your computer you may experience problems with the RamFAST SCSI from rand
34. r system Keep in mind that you must turn off power BEFORE touching the RamFAST SCSI card removing connecting cables i e before any and all hardware modifications checks that require you to physically touch any hardware Finally if you receive an RamFAST error code when first turning on your computer consult the following table RamFAST Fatal Memory Fault 00 Unknown probably means that the RamFAST is very confused 01 08 DRAM memory test failure 09 EPROM checksum failure 0C Z180 processor crashed indicates some hardware fault 0D Error writing cache data to disk 0E Termination power error All Computers Applied Engineering Software Repairs and Parts Many of the following trouble shooting sections mention the need for a modification and or part for AE products Unfortunately AE went out of business a number of years ago and since that time there has been NO source of AE modifications or parts in the United States At the time of this update the situation is somewhat better because there is now a source for some AE software repairs and parts Please contact ABC Direct David Hardaway 214 306 5494 abcdirect aol com to see if David can fill your needs Recently Modified Updated Boot Partition If you recently updated anything on your boot partition e g the System Software go through the installation section and verify that your RamFAST SCSI is still properly set up Terminating Resistor Plugs There ca
35. s When you click on ScsiUtils in the Volumes screen and if you have more than one SCSI device attached to the RamFAST SCSI you will be prompted to select which one you want to work with from a list such as the one below Online SCSI Devices ID7 ID6 SyQuest SQ555 ID5 IOMEGA Zip 100 ID4 Sider SASI Tape Drive ID3 ID2 Sony CD ROM CDR35 ID1 IDO NOTE The IDx in the above is referring to the SCSI ID and has no association with slots Once you have selected a device and it is a HD if you have only one it is selected for you automatically the screen should change and you should see a display of information about the device on the top half of the screen and a list of all of the partitions on the drive will appear on the bottom of the screen This is the SCSI Utilities screen SCSI Utilities Screen At the top of the screen is a display similar to the one below The major entry to take note of for hard drives is the value for Interleave If the interleave is not 1 1 you should definitely consider reformatting the HD Any interleave other than 1 1 will slow the RamFAST SCSI s performance down considerably 2 1 cuts it in half 3 1 cuts it to a third etc Some Sider hard drives are an exception to this rule If you have a Sider SASI hard drive the best interleave it supports is 4 1 Format The Format command performs a low level format of the HD or tape This WILL erase any data that may be on the drive so make sure you have a ba
36. s and or DAs Note One approach to removing INITs or DAs is to create a folder labeled Savelnit or SaveDA in the appropriate folder and simply copy one or more INITs or DAs to or from the save folder prior to booting the machine again If you are using something older than System 6 0 then you cannot disable the Inits DAs as a quick check Rather you will need to remove them one at a time Here are the names of a few of the known troublesome Inits DAs Mr Apple Fancy Apple Twilight Carpet Bag FastSpeed Ram Namer Also if you must use a screen blanker you should use the one from ProSel or Phantasm If you have another one and are having problems either remove or disable it Zip GSx Accelerator Check the version number of your board If it is V1 01 or earlier then you need to contact Zip Technologies for a free as this is written upgrade in order to function with the RamFAST SCSI Apple IIGS with a TWGS and a RaMFAST SCSI Revu C AE TranswarpGS Accelerator If you experience problems with the RamFAST SCSI check to see if there is a part labeled TWGS 2A installed on your TranswarpGS At the top right hand side of the TWGS there are two chips with stickers on them The top one should be TWGS 1A and the one below should be TWGS 2B If this chip is labeled TWGS 2A you will need to contact Sequential Systems to see if a replacement source has been identified for the TWGS 2B The RamFAST SCSI will not function in your computer until
37. s necessary to physically install the RamFAST SCSI into your computer The only tool you should need is the hex wrench that came with your computer so that you can tighten the screws on the cable connector on the end of the short cable from the RamFAST SCSI to the back of your computer Also if the hard drive has already been used with another controller MAKE SURE YOU HAVE BACKED UP ANY DATA ON THE DRIVE BEFORE YOU CONTINUE Installing on a Sider Hard Drive NOTE If you are not installing the RamFAST SCSI with a Sider hard drive you can ignore this section If you are installing the RamFAST SCSI with a Sider hard drive you need to check the back and bottom of the Sider hard drive for a plate or sticker that says something like this This drive supplies terminator power to the bus Make sure you modify the controller board to NOT supply terminator power If you find such a warning you MUST remove the jumper that is in the upper left hand corner of the RamFAST SCSI Rev D just above where the cable connects it is labeled JP1 DETAILED INSTALLATION PROCEDURES e If you are installing a RamFAST SCSI Rev C full size board you should turn on DIP switch 1 If it is being installed into an Apple e you must also turn on DIP Switch 2 There is one bank of 8 DIP switches in a single package The switches are clearly marked as to what direction is on or off These DIP switches do NOT exist in Rev D and later versions of the RamFAST SCS
38. se chips is TC514400AP 10 or 8 Your vendor should be able to convert from this part number to whatever manufacturer s chips they have in stock Once you obtain the new memory chips all you need to do is e Remove the cover from the computer lightly touch the metal case of the power supply to discharge any static electricity present in your body e Pry the old memory chips U19 and U20 in the upper right hand corner of the board out of their sockets with a small flathead screwdriver e Put the new chips in the sockets making sure that o The notch on the one end of the chip points to the TOP of the board same as the old chips o None of the pins are bent under or out of the socket Contact Sequential Systems if you are unable and or unwilling to perform this upgrade yourself for the procedure and pricing to have Sequential Systems make the upgrade for you Also contact Sequential Systems about upgrading an older RamFAST SCSI card TROUBLE SHOOTING The first thing to do if you are experiencing problems is to TURN POWER OFF TO YOUR COMPUTER AND DRIVES and then make sure that e All of the cables are plugged in securely e The RamFAST SCSI is securely seated At this point turn power back ON and make sure power is present on all of your drives and your computer If everything seems to be installed correctly scan through the list of problems below read the descriptions and follow the directions for any that apply to you
39. sked to select the volume to install the two files Click on the first partition listed under GS OS Volumes You should see a message at the top of the screen informing you that we are copying the files onto the HD NOTE if you are installing onto a e then only one file is copied Now go up and click on the OPTION command Click on the YES next to RomDISK and it should change to No Also if you do not have a TranswarpGS in your computer you should click on the Yes next to TWGS and it will also change to No Finally go up and click on Quit You should return to whatever program you used to launch the utility program probably GS OS Finder If you are using a IIGS do a SHUTDOWN and reboot so that the RamFAST SCSI driver can be loaded That s it IF PROBLEMS OCCUR e If you are having problems and you have double checked the installation and you are installing on a e turn to the Trouble Shooting section e If you are having problems and you have double checked the installation and you are installing on a IIGS some other things you should check are a Are you SURE that the setting in the Control Panel for the RamFAST SCSI slot is set to YOUR CARD and the boot slot is set to boot the RamFAST SCSI Double check b Desk Accessories Try booting without ANY desk accessories and see if the problems go away Many desk accessories have the potential to interfere with a DMA HD controller See the section titled Desk Accessories for sugges
40. t drive position in the ProDOS 8 display and the name of the volume should move into that spot To remove a volume from the ProDOS 8 device table you can click on its name under GS OS Volumes and then click on the spot labeled UNMAP VoLuME If a volume is not currently mapped into the ProDOS 8 table then the UNMAP VoLUME is what will be highlighted if that volume is selected from the list of GS OS Volumes The latest version of ProDOS 8 version 2 or greater also has the ability to map extra volumes to free slots Therefore it is necessary to choose which method you want to use to do the mapping since if we both do it ProDOS gets very confused The way you map your devices into the ProDOS 8 Volumes table in the Uti ity Program determines who s responsible If you map any volumes into a slot other than the slot that the RamFAST SCSI is installed in then the RamFAST SCSI card will do the mapping of volumes If you only map volumes into the slot that the RamFAST SCSI is installed in then ProDOS 8 will handle the mapping of volumes this is the default Apple e users You must map all of your partitions into the ProDOS 8 Volumes table in order to have access to them e g the RamFAST will NOT do it for you Lookahead and Write Protect There is a column labeled Lookahead next to the list of GS OS volume names This is the largest amount of disk data that the RamFAST SCSI will read ahead on an operating system read call in anticipation of having th
41. ted methods for temporally removing INITs and DAs e TranswarpGS If you are having problems and you have a TranswarpGS in the system then pull it out See your TranswarpGS docs for the removal procedure In general it consists of turning off the power opening the top of your computer touching the power supply to discharge your body and removing the card If the problems go away you should turn to the Trouble Shooting section to see if you TranswarpGS is one that needs an update or if you need to disable DMA on the RamFAST SCSI because of your memory card e ZipGS If you are having problems and you have a ZipGS then pull it out See your ZipGS docs for the removal procedure In general it consists of turning off the power opening the top of your computer touching the power supply to discharge your body and removing the card If the problems go away you should turn to the Trouble Shooting section to see if your ZipGS is one that needs to be upgraded e Lastly can you boot a system floppy and access the HD If so then you probably haven t installed the operating system correctly If after this you are still having problems you should turn to the Trouble Shooting section for a more detailed examination of what could be causing problems in your system RaMFAST SCSI UTILITIES The purpose of the RamFAST SCSI Utilities program is to allow you to setup and fine tune your HD and the RamFAST SCSI The program and the GS OS driver for th
42. this option to Yes you must power up your HD before you turn on your computer TranswarpGS and DMA note The setting of the DMA option is ignored if you have a Rev D or later RamFAST SCSI card and you set the TranswarpGS option to No This is because the Rev D RamFAST SCSI card can DMA into any memory card independent of its DMA capability provided you DO NOT have a TranswarpGS in the system Install The Install command is used when you are first setting up the RamFAST SCSI It is used to place a copy of RamFAST System into the Boot folder and RamFAST Driver into Boot System Drivers folder Only RamFAST System is installed on a e Click on install and you will be prompted for the volume to install the files on Just click on the name under GS OS Volumes Neither file is installed if an error is encountered while installing either The most probable error is trying to install on a non boot volume i e Boot System doesn t exist If you want both files on such a volume you must install GS OS on that volume If all you want is RamFAST System on that volume simply copy it from the boot volume to the desired non boot volume s ScsiUtils The ScsiUtils screen allows you to Format and Partition your HD It also allows you to control whether a partition is visible to the operating system Active or ignored Inactive For those of you with very old HDs there is also a Headpark command And lastly there is a Rewind command for use with tape drive
43. u have a RamFactor installed in your computer and are having problems try removing the RamFactor and see if the problems go away Some RamFactors cause problems especially in an Apple IIGS just being installed in the same computer as the RamFAST SCSI If the RamFAST SCSI works with the RamFactor out of the system and doesn t work when it is in the system there not anything that can be done beyond removing the RamFactor because the RamFactor feeds power amp or substantial noise into the IIGS bus interfering with the RamFAST There are no ways to identify the bad RamFactors by serial number revision etc If they work they work if they don t they don t Apple e Computers While Sequential Systems has not extensively tested the Rev D RamFAST with e systems reports from the field have said it works flawlessly in a non DMA mode If the Rev D card does not work on your e system you may return the card within 30 days depending on the policy of the reseller you purchased the card from for a full refund or based on availability and your wishes Sequential Systems will replace it with a modified Rev C board Your e is Unenhanced The RamFAST SCSI will NOT work in an unenhanced e You will have to purchase an enhancement kit for your e from a mail order firm and install it before the RamFAST SCSI will work in your system Apple e with a Number of Cards Installed In an Apple e it is also possible to see the same problems described
44. y open slot except slot 3 If you are installing the RamFAST SCSI in a IIGS you need to make sure that the setting in the control panel for the slot you selected is set to Your Card If you don t know what the control panel is then you need to read the chapters in your computer s user s manual that refer to the Control Panel Now attach the cable to the back of the computer Remove the hex shaped screws from the short ribbon cable coming from the RamFAST SCSI card insert the cable in an available hole in the back of the computer and then screw the hex head screws back in from the outside of the case to hold it in position Check to make sure that the connection to the RamFAST SCSI has the cable installed so that the red wire it might be blue is toward the bottom of the board and computer Ribbon cables have one wire painted a different color to designate pin 1 It is this colored wire that must be installed toward the bottom of the board towards the floor Do NOT go by the orientation of anything that may be written on the cable itself Connect the SCSI cable to the RamFAST SCSI connector on the back of the computer and to the hard drive itself Replace the cover onto the computer It s now time to prepare the hard drive for use Turn to the next section System Setup for instructions on how to install an operating system ProDOS 8 GS OS etc onto the hard drive SYSTEM SETUP If you bought your RamFAST SCSI and hard drive as a p
45. you use a SyQuest or other read write removable device in place of a hard drive treat the SyQuest as your hard drive Q I just upgraded to a RamFAST and when I go into the utility program the only volume that is shown is CVTech IDX A No other partitions appear A Call Sequential Systems tech support for information on how to correct this Q When I try to boot to GS OS directly from a 3 5 floppy disk on power up the computer crashes about halfway through the boot process A The RamFAST gets confused if you boot GS OS off a floppy on power up Simply do a warm reboot Control Apple RESET after it crashes and the computer will then boot properly Q I just installed AppleWorks 4 0 or another ProDOS 8 application on my hard drive but when I try to run it I get an error Please Insert Volume X A Run the RamFAST utility program and ensure that any partitions that contain ProDOS 8 applications are mapped into the ProDOS 8 Slot Drive Table See section 13 2 Q I have a hard drive with three or more partitions but only the first two partitions show up as icons in the Finder What happened to the other partitions A You need to install the RamFAST Driver into the System Drivers folder of your hard drive You can do this by using the Install feature of the RamFAST utility program see section 13 6 or by turning on the ROMDisk and copying the RamFAST Driver file to the System Drivers folder manually You must then shut down t
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