Installation manual

Hardware & Software Compatibility
Disk Drives
MultiRam RGB’s large on-board memory, especially if expanded to a full!
megabyte, is far larger than the standard Apple II floppy disk drives
unformatted capacity of approximately 144K. The MultiRam RGB can host
one of two other memory cards to increase the memory to as much as 5
megabytes! The first card is the MultiRam lie which can use either 64K or
256K DRAM chips and is expandable to 768K. So a fully loaded MultiRam
RGB and MultiRam //e gives a total of 1792K. The second card is the
MultiRam Plus which can increase the memory from 256K to 4 megabytes,
using 18 pin DRAM chips. A fully loaded MultiRam RGB and MultiRam
Plus gives a total of 5120K. The MultiRam Plus has one other unique option.
With an optional external power supply the information on this card’s RAM
disk will not be lost when the //e is turned off.
To take better advantage of software that can use MultiRam RGB’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 //e.
Larger floppy disk drive capacities range from 160K to over a megabyte and
come in 5 1/4 inch, and 3 1/2 inch sizes.
Hard disk drives have greater storage space available and faster access to
information stored on them than on floppy disk drives. Hard disk drives for the
Apple range from 5 megabytes to 60 megabytes. Most support all the major
operating systems used on the Apple.
Whether used in a single-user setting or networked for multiple users, a hard
disk drive makes a very effective companion to the MultiRam RGB Card.
ProDOS’s ability to use the extra RAM on the MultiRam cards turns the
Apple //e into a powerful productivity tool.
Hard drives available for the Apple should work well with MultiRam RGB. A
number of hard disk drives have been tested with the MultiRam RGB Card.
The Sider, an increasingly popular, inexpensive hard disk drive manufactured
by First Class Peripherals, Apple Computer’s Profile or HD2OSC or
HD4OSC, CMS drives SC2O and SC4O, and 5 to 42 megabyte hard drives
with networking ability manufactured by Space Coast Systems, Inc. have been
satisfactorily tested with the MultiRam RGB Card and the AppleWorks
program modified for MultiRam RGB use.
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