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