Msg: 7118 *Conference*
04-16-97 16:59:10
From: TONY SUDNEY
To : RON WIESEN
Subj: RAMPAC
** Message forwarded by RICHARD HANSON at 19:22:40 on 04-16-97 ** Ron: Perhaps you can help Tony. He sent this to me but you're closer to RAMPAC operations than I. -Rick- [Original Message Follows] HI AGAIN..... TRIED YOUR SUGGESTION TO GET THE RAMPAC TO WORK IN THE M-102, NOT TO SUCCESSFUL. ON THE M-200 USING LOADER.BA AFTER A FEW MOMENTS THE RAMPAC MENU APPEARS AND I KNOW RAMDSK.CO IS INSTALLED IN HIMEM. BUT ON THE M-102 USING LOADER.BA AND AFTER A FEW MOMENTS INSTEAD OF THE RAMPAC MENU, THE COMPUTER SWITCHES INTO BASIC AND SHOWA AN "OK" PROMPT. NOW I USE LOADM "RAMDSK" AND GET TOP=61681, END=62959, EXE=61681. I RUN RAMDSK, THE COMPUTER LOCKS UP, HAVE TO RESET. IN BASIC I CALL 61681, COMPUTER LOCKS UP, HAVE TO RESET. USING RAM100.BA, IT SHOWS THA RAMDSK IS NESTED IN HIMEM WITH 1279 BYTES. NOW I COLD BOOT THE COMPUTER SO IT CAN START WITH A CLEAN RAM. AGAIN USE LOADER.BA TO EXTRACT RAMDSK.CO FROM RAMPAC, BUT AGAIN IT GOES INTO BASIC WITH AN "OK". THIS TIME WHEN I RUN RAMDSK.CO IT WENT INTO BASIC AND DISPLAYED A "CN"ERROR. USED FINDCO.BA, IT SHOWED RAMDSK.CO AS TOP=59838, END=61103, EXE=59838. IN BASIC I USED CALL 59838. COMPUTER LOCKED UP, HAD TO RESET. WITH THE M-200 I KILLED THE RAMDSK.CO, MADE A TWO LINE BASIC PROGRAM TO CALL RAMDSK.CO IN HIMEM USING THE 59838 CALL, BEEN WORKING GREAT FOR SEVERAL YEARS. IS MAYBE THE XR4 CREATING A PROBLEM? GOT YOUR 20%OFF FORM, WILL PROBABLY USE IT......... TNX TONY