Msg: 2697 *Conference*
06-10-92 21:18:46
From: LEX JENKINS
To : RICHARD HANSON
Subj: REPLY TO MSG #2648 (URII AND TS-DOS)
How 'bout an alternative while you're waiting for a whiz-bang 8085 programmer to rear his/her/it's head: get an extRAM and its disk utilities; make images of your favorite ROMs (in this case, UR-II and TS-DOS) on disk and swap 'em in-'n-out of the extRAM as needed. Much simpler than physically swapping ROMs. I've been doing this with my extRAM (using UR-II and Lucid images) on my Model 100 - works beautifully, no wear and tear on the ROMs or the plastic cover on the bottom and, oddly enough, the extRAM image of UR-II appears to be more crash-proof than the original ROM! (Although, I should add, the only time I've experienced UR-II crashes has been with very complex data-to-text file merges - not something most users need ever worrry about.) Although this really isn't a product plug, I'm sure the folks at eme will think kindly of me! <Lex>