Tall Tree Systems`JRAM-3'

From: Robert Schaefer <rschaefe_at_gcfn.org>
Date: Sun Dec 2 14:05:43 2001

----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred Cisin (XenoSoft)" <cisin_at_xenosoft.com>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2001 02:07 PM
Subject: Re: Tall Tree Systems`JRAM-3'


> On Sun, 2 Dec 2001, Robert Schaefer wrote:
> > > It is a RAM card.
> > That would make the card in slot three the video card. I thought the
third
> > card was a combo IO card. It has a hayes 1200b modem in slot two.
>
> While it certainly might be, I don't see how THIS makes it one.
>
>
> > > Yes, there are numerous daughter cards, and related models with
> > > permanently installed options, including floppy controller, laser
> > > printer controller, scanner (IX-12) controller, etc.
> The only daughter card that I DON'T remember being available would be one
> for MORE memory.
>
> > Any idea where I can get docs ? I'd imangine it'll need a driver to use
the
> > extra ram.
>
> Docs? , Drivers?
> I'll be glad to, but it may be a while.
> I have two totes full of them!, but they are on the bottom, back side of
> the few hundred totes containing the residue of my office.
> I know where ONE of the totes of them is, and can probably get to that one
> soon. The other tote will happen when I get to it.

I'm in no rush, in fact no true need other than curiousity. I'm getting
curious about what's on the ST225 in the external case-- it came from the
same pile, judging by the dirt on it.

>
>
> I did something real stupid when I moved out of my office. I tried to
> organize the stuff that I was packing. For example, I put all of my
> staplers (regular ones, binding ones, heavy duty ones, deep throat ones,
> ...) into one box. Now I can't find 'em, and have NO stapler.

^_^

>
>
> OB_historical_pedantics: John Henderson? (Tall Tree Systems) approached
> me (and others) at the West Coast Computer Faire, with a question of "have
> you written any programs that use lots of memory?" We thought that he was
> trying to recruit people with experience in memory management, etc. for a
> project. He wasn't. He was coming out with MASSIVE memory boards, some
> with MORE THAN A MEGABYTE! of memory for the PC. He wasn't looking for
> project workers, he was looking for existing stuff that could comprise a
> market and use for his product.
> (That's what you have)

Interesting. I guess this a real bit of history I have here.

>
> Eventually, he found the application for it. He marketed a laser printer
> controller, that bypassed the 256K, text only, controller of the HP
> LaserJet, etc, and created complete bitmap images in RAM (on his board) in
> the PC, and dumped them straight into the printer engine.
> (That was the JLASER board, with 2M of expanded RAM and laser printer
> controller)
>
> Later on, Lotus, Intel, and Microsoft met (and explicitly did NOT invite
> Tall Tree, the primary provider of such boards!) and worked out the
> "Lotus-Intel-Microsoft Expanded Memory Specification" ("LIM EMS"). It
> took Tall Tree less than a month to make revisions to be compatible with
> their "standard".
>
> He also produced the very popular JFORMAT, which was a simple device
> driver for squeezing 400K on a disk (10 512 byte sectors per track), as
> well as doing 720K and 800k on 96TPI low density (Tandon TM100-4, etc.)
>
>
> I have JLASER, JLASER-PLUS (with scanner interface), JRAM, JRAM2, JRAM3,
> JDISK, ..., ..., It's not very organized, and I know where one tote of
> them is, but not yet where the other one is. Who wants some?

What's the difference 'tween the various JRAM boards? Max installable ram?

>
>
> --
> Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin_at_xenosoft.com
>

Bob
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