Path: ns-mx!hobbes.physics.uiowa.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!spool.mu.edu!agate!dog.ee.lbl.gov!ucbvax!gnh-cathouse.cts.com!ferret From: ferret@gnh-cathouse.cts.com (Brendan Hoar) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: posts from America Online from CVTech Re: RamFASTs Message-ID: Date: 9 Apr 92 08:31:24 GMT Sender: usenet@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 87 X-Unparsable-Date: Tue Apr 07 92 at 19:48:19 (EST) Taken from America Online: Path: CV Technologies/RamFast SCSI Subj: Another fix.. 92-04-05 16:52:32 EDT From: TGrams If you think the pseudo mapping in P8 is hurting you with the RamFast, this patch to the P8 file will disable it. Be sure to save a copy of the file before you patch it. Block 5, byte $1A3, change $A5 to $00 (or anything) Let me know if it helps. Tim --------------------------------------------------------------------- Path: CV Technologies/RamFast SCSI Subj: A Note... 92-04-06 01:49:36 EDT From: JP1 The patch seems to work great--thanks a _bunch_, Tim!! It's nice to be able to use the RF's ability to 'locate' partitions, again. Now, for those who use Deliverance for byte editing, please note that when Chris Warner wrote it, he followed the 'computer convention' that the first block of a file is Block 0. So, when you go looking for the value $A5 via Deliverance, look for it in Block _4_ of the P8 file. The string of characters in the region is 10 BF C9 A5 D0 07... ^ This is the one to change to 00 -------------------| John P. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Path: CV Technologies/RamFast SCSI Subj: Rom revisions..... 92-04-06 11:47:46 EDT From: CVTech We seem to have found the problem. RF rom revisions prior to version 2.01a maintain a device list of 12 volumes and flip them online/offline at will. We did this so that we could mount/dismount volume under Finder without having to play with creating a new device entry on the fly. People with early 2.0 roms and Prosel will recall the complaints we got about having double digit device numbers and a device list full of offline volumes. Welllllllllllll, in version 2.01a we fixed that and didn't mount offline volumes in either Gs/OS or P8. Previous to version 2.01a the RF software had the potential to map an offline volume into the P8 table and that seems to be causing the appleworks crash. Tim's patch will fix this until you upgrade to either 2.01c (free) or 3.00a ($15). Sorry we didn't catch this but 2.01a was release 10 months ago and we didn't test 6.0 with the previous versions of the RF board. Version 3.0 gives you your choice on which method of device table mapping you want to use. If you map any of the spare partitions then we tell P8v2 that we only have 2 devices and they won't "double map" our extra partitions. If you do not map any of the extra volumes then we assume you want to use the P8v2 method and we tell P8v2 that we have as many volumes as we have and P8v2 maps them where they want them. Personally I like our method better because you don't have to map in volumes you don't want and you have a visible representation of your P8 table. Drew p.s. We are throwing in the rom 3.0 for free for people that want to upgrade their boards from rev C to rev D. ($69) p.p.s. We are taking orders for rom 3.0. Send us a check for $15 and include a shipping address and the SERIAL NUMBER ON YOUR BOARD. The serial number is very important. (sorry about the formatting - bgh) badbunny@gnh-starport.cts.com ferret@gnh-cathouse.cts.com Cyborgs From Saturn Landed In My Garden and Injured Eighty-Nine Bananas. - Insists Cindy Lauper You are in a maze of tiny little net.sigs, all different.