Msg: 1051 *Conference*

12-02-91 13:30:24

From: DREW BLANCHAR

To : LEX JENKINS

Subj: REPLY TO MSG #1033 (BOOSTER PAK)

Dear Lex,
  O.K.   1st.. once all the wires/ports are filled in any unit, you can't put
anything else there. therefore, the DVI won't work if you're using the Booster
Pak.  We're still working on a way to make the printer port echo to a dumb
terminal for those of you who want the big screen.
 
2nd.. I didn't know they made a Booster Pak for the 102\, but glad they did.
Memorize your recovery commands and write them down before letting Rick near
the machine.
 
3rd.. the working space/RAM of the machine is 32k and no additional device is
going to change that because the CPU-8085 is limited to 2 banks of 64k.....1
bank for all the Input/output ports (hardware) and 1 bank for all the memory
(ROM and RAM).  The Booster Pak and X-RAM and even the 200 swap banks of RAM
(and sometimes ROM) to give you more memory in the box.  Notice I said "in the
box" and not "on line".  Just like you can store files on a disk and bring them
back to your workspace when you want to use them, the Booster Pak lets you
store files in (what it calls) ram-DISK.  Same concept.
  
Hope this helps... -dB (Rick, 
 You might note this message # and refer future questions of the same nature to
this message. -d   :}