Installation manual

Hardware & Software Compatibility
A non-interruptible power supply offering quick response time to a loss of
power as well as having sufficient power to operate the computer long enough
to allow information stored in MultiRam RGB’s memory to be saved to hard
or floppy drives would be ideal if you are using MultiRam in a business
setting. Non-interruptible power supplies range in price from approximately
$300-$600.
SOFTWARE
Checkmate Technology includes software utilities that enhance the
performance of existing software. AppleWorks is taught to use the additional
memory for larger desktop, and many disk intensive programs run faster from
the RAM drive.
Some programs currently on the market will use more than 64K of
MultiRam’s memory, though not all of the memory on a card may be
recognized. ProTERM, WordPerfect, SuperCalc3a, FlashCalc, Locksmith
6.0, MagiCalc, and Magic Office are examples of programs which will
recognize large portions of MultiRam memory.
Unprotected programs that return to a program or data disk frequently can
benefit now from MultiRam RAM disk emulation software. Most popular,
unprotected programs can run out of a RAM drive and use the same RAM
drive to store their data, thus greatly speeding up these programs.
For example, with a large enough MultiRam RGB card, you could easily store
the ProDOS version of Apple Writer //e, the ProDOS Users Disk, and Apple’s
ProDOS ED/ASM assembler on the MultiRam RGB ProDOS RAM disk.
When running them, their disk access time would be almost unnoticeable.
RAM fast disk speed would also allow you to very quickly and easily switch
between programs as needed.
The ProTERM telecommunication package and the MultiRam ROB make an
excellent combination. ProTERM will provide a 700K scrollback buffer and a
46K copy buffer from a 1 megabyte MultiRam RGB. The scrollback buffer
captures everything that scrolls across your screen for later review. An
effective way to use this feature is to go on line at a high baud rate, 1200 or
more, and skim read while on line. Once off line you can take your time to
read, save to disk, or print the items of interest in the scrollback buffer
without paying for the Connect charges.
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