Msg: 4071 *Conference*
03-02-93 17:20:17
From: RICHARD HANSON
To : DICK LITTMAN
Subj: REPLY TO MSG #4070 (TS-DOS AND 4XRAM)
Hi Dick. I got your message the other day but, as you can see, failed to get online with an answer before you called in. Sorry about that. To answer your question, directly, "all" ROM's available for the Model 100/102 will work with the XR4, and extRAM, and Booster Pac. Thus, you can copy any ROM's image to a file storage, then load it into extRAM or XR4 as you desire. Instructions, included with the extRAM and XR4 show you exactly how to work with ROM images. Once you do it a few times it will be second nature. The extRAM and the XR4 are great products. I like them and like the manufacturer, Dr. Tracy Allen, EME Systems, Berkeley, CA. I am a little partial to Booster Pac, however, over the extRAM and XR4 if you're looking for the absolute best ROM swapper and RAM expansion. Booster Pac allows you to use the ROM's directly, without messing with ROM images. You simply plug all the ROM's you have laying around, or wish to purchase, into your Booster Pac, do a little software install, and you're done. Booster Pac does all the swapping for you. Futhermore, when you work with files (.DO, .BA, and .CO) that file is copied from the Booster Pac's RAM storage into the Model T's active RAM area for use. When you exit the program, or exit the data file, the file is once again saved back to the Booster Pac's RAM storage. In a word, Booster Pac is... high end! Don't get me wrong, however, both extRAM and XR4 usually do the trick for most Model T owners. They're cost effective, manufactured to perfection, and work as advertised. And again, they are usually all a user wants. Booster Pac is the high end side, offering a lot of other features not mentioned here. I have a detail sheet on Booster Pac. I will enclose it with this message. It's an ASCII file so all you have to do to read/capture it is tap E for <E>nclosure, then select A for ASCII and the file will display. Please feel free to ask any question about anything about RAM and ROM configurations. I will do my best to respond. Hope this helps... -Rick- *Enclosed File: BOOST.DO