Chapter seven - æ cache, Requirements, Installing the cache – APPLIED ENGINEERING RamKeeper User Manual

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CHAPTER SEVEN

Æ Cache

Those of you who want to know what the

Cache™

is and

does, read, “About the

Cache™

at the end of this chapter.

Those of you who want to install it right away, here's how...

Requirements

To use the Æ Cache, you must have the following:

A RamKeeper card with any compatible memory
card attached.

or

A GS-RAM™ card installed in the IIGS’s Memory
Expansion Slot.

An Apple 3.5 Drive.

*

Note:

The Cache supports only the Apple Disk

3.5™ Drives (platinum). It will not cache the
Apple II Uni-Disk™ 3.5 drives (white) nor will it
cache 5.25” drives or hard disks.

Important: You must set Slot

5

in the Control Panel

menu to the Smart

Port

Setting.

A COPY of the AW 2 Expander disk, version 2.5.3
or later.

Installing the

Cache

You may have noticed that there are two

AECACHE

files on

the AW2 Expander disk. One is for use with ProDOS 8
only while the other is for use with both ProDOS 8 and 16.
First, decide if you’ll be using ProDOS 8 only or ProDOS 16
only or if you’ll be switching between the two, then follow
the appropriate directions below.

ProDOS 8 Only

If you plan to use only ProDOS 8:

1.) Boot your COPY of the AW 2 Expander disk

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