I recently got a IIGS with RamFAST/SCSI card and a SCSI drive but the utilities disk for RamFAST is missing. Not sure how I can partition a new drive without this? It doesn't seem to be on Asimov.... does anybody have a copy?

Thanks

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In article <[email protected]>,
<[email protected]> wrote:

I recently got a IIGS with RamFAST/SCSI card and a SCSI drive but the >utilities disk for RamFAST is missing. Not sure how I can partition a
new drive without this? It doesn't seem to be on Asimov.... does anybody
have a copy?

I'm pretty sure there was a key combination you pressed on boot to fire up
the utilities, which are stored in ROM on the card. From there, you could partition (and format?) drives, back up to and restore from tape, and
probably some other stuff I don't recall.

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On Wednesday, October 24, 2018 at 11:38:38 AM UTC-7, Scott Alfter wrote:

In article <[email protected]>,
<paul...> wrote:

I recently got a IIGS with RamFAST/SCSI card and a SCSI drive but the >utilities disk for RamFAST is missing. Not sure how I can partition a
new drive without this? It doesn't seem to be on Asimov.... does anybody >have a copy?

I'm pretty sure there was a key combination you pressed on boot to fire up the utilities, which are stored in ROM on the card. From there, you could partition (and format?) drives, back up to and restore from tape, and probably some other stuff I don't recall.

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(IIGS( https://alfter.us/ Top-posting!
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Sequential Systems RamFAST SCSI Card:
This is NOT an Applied Engineering (AE) product!

ftp://public.asimov.net/pub/apple_II/documentation/hardware/ae/AE RAMFast Rev. D Manual.pdf
ftp://public.asimov.net/pub/apple_II/documentation/hardware/ae/AE RamKeeper - User's Manual.pdf
ftp://public.asimov.net/pub/apple_II/documentation/hardware/ae/AE RAMWorks III & Basic v1.41 Manual.pdf
ftp://public.asimov.net/pub/apple_II/documentation/hardware/storage/disks/RAMFast SCSI Rev. D - Owner's Manual.pdf
ftp://public.asimov.net/pub/apple_II/documentation/hardware/storage/disks/ramfast_scsi_1.05_CVT.pdf
ftp://public.asimov.net/pub/apple_II/images/hardware/storage/memory/RAMFAST.Manual.txt
ftp://public.asimov.net/pub/apple_II/images/hardware/storage/memory/RamFAST_API_Doc.shk
ftp://public.asimov.net/pub/apple_II/images/hardware/storage/memory/RamFAST_Media1.2.SHK
ftp://public.asimov.net/pub/apple_II/images/hardware/storage/memory/RamFAST_MediaSRC.SHK
ftp://public.asimov.net/pub/apple_II/images/hardware/storage/memory/RamFAST_Test.shk

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Hold down the 0 key when you turn on your IIgs should force it into the onboard utilities

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