Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/13/84; site intelca.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!ihnp4!qantel!hplabs!intelca!cem From: cem@intelca.UUCP (Chuck McManis) Newsgroups: net.micro.cpm Subject: Re: D.R.C. S-100 RamDisk Message-ID: <110@intelca.UUCP> Date: Thu, 3-Oct-85 11:37:15 EDT Article-I.D.: intelca.110 Posted: Thu Oct 3 11:37:15 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 6-Oct-85 06:45:53 EDT References: <1815@brl-tgr.ARPA> Organization: Intel, Santa Clara, Ca. Lines: 33 [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 -- - - - D I S C L A I M E R - - - {ihnp4,fortune}!dual\ All opinions expressed herein are my {qantel,idi}-> !intelca!cem own and not those of my employer, my {ucbvax,hao}!hplabs/ friends, or my avocado plant. :-}