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CHAPTER 6
HARDWARE & SOFTWARE COMPATIBILITY
MuItiRAM C’s operation can be enhanced by using other manufacturer’s hardware
and software products along with it. Some of the more useful products are
described in this chapter.
HARD WARE
All hardware products tested with the MultiRam C card have been compatible :
modems, mouses, printer cards and printers. etc.
The two moat useful hardware additions that could be made to increase MultiRam
C’s usefulness are a large capacity disk drive and a non—interruptable power
supply.
Disk Drives
MultiRam C’s large on—board memory, especially if expended to a full 512K, is
far larger than the standard Apple II 5 1/4 inch floppy disk drive’s unformatted
capacity of approximately 144K.
To better take advantage of software that can use MultiRam C’s large memory, you
may want to consider purchasing larger capacity disk drives. Using larger
capacity drives, you may more easily save and load large data files as well as
keep many more programs on one disk.
Large capacity floppy disk drives are currently available for the Apple //c and
others will soon be available. Larger floppy disk drive capacities range from
160K to BOOK and come in 5 1/4 inch and 3 1/2 inch sizes.
Herd disk drives have greater storage apace available and faster access times to
information stored on them than floppy disk drives. Hard disk drives for the
Apple //c range from 10 megabytes to 20 megabytes.
Whether used in a single—user setting or networked for multiple users, a hard
disk drive makes a very effective companion to the MultiRam C Card. As more
ProDOS software like AppleWorks is made available for the Apple, a hard drive
and MultiRam C will make an even stronger combination as ProDOS is capable of
creating 16 megabyte files, more than enough to handle large files that can be
manipulated with MultiRam C.
Currently, the Quark ~ 10 and QC 20 are the only hard drives that can be
directly connected to the Apple //c. No tests have been run with the Quark
drives and the MultiRam C Card to date. Please call Customer Service if you
have a question regarding compatibility as the Quark drives and the MultiRam C
Card will have been tested by the time this manual is published. No
compatibility problems are expected.