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>