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==RAM DISK boards== | |||
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[[File:Advent | [[File:Advent ramdisk MB card wo rtc.jpg|400px]]<br>Mainboard version without the clock circuit <br>Note that CPU is on a speed up board that was attached above. | ||
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[[File:Advent ramdisk mb card w rtc.jpg|400px]]<br>Mainboard version with the clock circuit | |||
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[[File:Advent ramdisk memoryboard.jpg|400px]]<br>Note that the memory board screws into the vents on the bottom of the chassis.<br>This board has 1MB of RAM installed. | |||
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==Ads for the RAM DISK== | |||
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[[File:Advent RAM Disk Ad.png|400px]]<br> | |||
(Profiles, August 1987) | |||
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==Using the Advent RAM DISK== | |||
The Advent RAMDISK required the installation of the Advent TurboROM also. These instructions are from the TurboROM manual: | |||
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5.5 RAM Disk Support | |||
The TurboROM provides automatic support for the Advent Products | |||
RAMDisk. No additional software is required. The TurboROM | |||
automatically detects the presence of the RAMDisk and assigns it | |||
the next CP/M logical drive name after all of the floppy and hard | |||
disks have been assigned. | |||
As an example, a Kaypro with 2 floppy drives and RAMDisk will | |||
have this drive map after a cold boot: | |||
A: FD1 First floppy disk drive | |||
B: FD2 Second floppy disk drive | |||
C: RAM RAMDisk | |||
The RAMDisk can be made the default drive (A); this requires two | |||
steps: | |||
1. Use TURBOGEN to copy the operating system to the RAMDisk. | |||
2. Use TURBOMAP to make the RAMDisk drive A. | |||
A>TURBOMAP RAM A<cr> | |||
Now, the Kaypro with 2 floppy drives and RAMDisk will have this drive map, after using TURBOGEN and TURBOMAP: | |||
A: RAM RAMDisk | |||
B: FD1 First floppy disk drive | |||
C: FD2 Second floppy disk drive | |||
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Using the Advent RAM DISK
The Advent RAMDISK required the installation of the Advent TurboROM also. These instructions are from the TurboROM manual:
5.5 RAM Disk Support
The TurboROM provides automatic support for the Advent Products RAMDisk. No additional software is required. The TurboROM automatically detects the presence of the RAMDisk and assigns it the next CP/M logical drive name after all of the floppy and hard disks have been assigned.
As an example, a Kaypro with 2 floppy drives and RAMDisk will have this drive map after a cold boot:
A: FD1 First floppy disk drive
B: FD2 Second floppy disk drive
C: RAM RAMDisk
The RAMDisk can be made the default drive (A); this requires two steps:
1. Use TURBOGEN to copy the operating system to the RAMDisk.
2. Use TURBOMAP to make the RAMDisk drive A.
A>TURBOMAP RAM A<cr>
Now, the Kaypro with 2 floppy drives and RAMDisk will have this drive map, after using TURBOGEN and TURBOMAP:
A: RAM RAMDisk
B: FD1 First floppy disk drive
C: FD2 Second floppy disk drive