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From: cem@intelca.UUCP (Chuck McManis)
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Subject: Re: D.R.C. S-100 RamDisk
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Date: Thu, 3-Oct-85 11:37:15 EDT
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[No amount of incanting will entice my mailer to accept your address so we
 go to plan B, the news route. ]

> Have any of you used the 256K S-100 Solid State Disk Simulator (ramdisk)
> from Digital Research Computers ? If so, I would like to hear your comments.
> I am thinking about getting one since the price has dropped to less than $200.
> 
> They provide BIOS code for CP/M 2.2. Does anyone have a CP/M Plus version?
> Is it really S-100 (IEEE 696) compatible? Is it reliable?
> 
> I would appreciate any advice on this product/company.
> 
> thanks,
> 
>       Bob Haar

I have dealt with Digital Research Computers (of Texas) a couple of times
and had good results. The lab where I worked bought a bunch of their ZRT-80
boards to upgrade some otherwise scrap terminals. The only difficulty was 
in teaching them to handle a P.O. (they wanted to know how to "cash" it)
The boards worked fine on power-up so I can't say how they would handle a
service call. 

As for the RAM disk I keep seeing it and wondering if I should risk it. If
you do get one please post your experiences with it to the net.

--Chuck

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