Trying to configure RamExpress II+

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I purchased a RamExpress II+ from a2heaven and have installed it in my Apple IIc plus.

 

The basic memory test works fine as listed in the instructions, however, I can't figure out how to set the time. There is a .dsk (140k) image he supplies on his website. I am booting to that with my FloppyEmu which is configured as a 5.25 disk. It boots up fine, but a couple things differ from the PDF instructions on a2heaven.com:

 

Nowhere on the screen do I see " DClock Copyright ©19—AppliedEngineering" and there is no "Clock Utilities menu" to set the clock.

 

Does anyone have experience with the RamExpress II+ ?

 

There are a few menu entries to test the memory, which work fine, but no "Clock Utilities menu".

 

I've attached the 2 disk files in question from the a2heaven site along with the PDF manual for convenience.

DCLOCK.DSK

RamExpressII.DSK

RamExpressII.pdf

[cybernesto]

Have you tried the DCLOCK.dsk image as well? This is the one with the driver and the clock utilities. Make sure you are selecting it correctly on the floppyemu.

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Have you tried the DCLOCK.dsk image as well? This is the one with the driver and the clock utilities. Make sure you are selecting it correctly on the floppyemu.

 

No, I didn't try that one because I thought it only contained the driver that you will need to install on your DOS disk. I can give it a shot though, maybe I'm mistaken.

 

I was just configuring the CFFA3000 on my Apple II+. At least that is working as expected.

 

Update: Yeah, that DCLOCK.dsk image is not a boot disk, it just dropped me to the monitor when I tried to boot from it.

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Have you tried the DCLOCK.dsk image as well? This is the one with the driver and the clock utilities. Make sure you are selecting it correctly on the floppyemu.

 

OK, I took a look at the DLOCK.DSK in CiderPress and it does have a lot more files than the driver

 

"AE.CLOCK.PTCH" "BIN" "$D742" 21-Oct-88 12:15 ProDOS 125

"AE.CLOCK.UTIL" "BIN" "$4000" 27-Oct-88 10:29 ProDOS 361

"AE.IIC.PTCH" "BIN" "$4300" 27-Oct-88 10:34 ProDOS 36

"BASIC.SYSTEM" "SYS" "$0000" 14-Dec-87 16:43 ProDOS 10240

"CLOCK" "BIN" "$B800" 15-Nov-88 17:43 ProDOS 1128

"CLOCKWORKS" "BAS" "$0801" 15-Nov-88 17:58 ProDOS 6226

"DCLOCK.DOC" "TXT" "$0000" 28-Nov-88 12:16 ProDOS 1834

"DCLOCK.SYSTEM" "SYS" "$2000" 27-Oct-88 11:48 ProDOS 1131

"PRODOS" "SYS" "$0000" 23-Nov-88 09:38 ProDOS 15485

"READ.ME" "BAS" "$0801" 28-Nov-88 11:49 ProDOS 990

"SOURCE.UTIL" "TXT" "$0000" 31-Oct-88 12:49 ProDOS 27731

"STARTUP" "BAS" "$0801" 15-Nov-88 13:49 ProDOS 12128

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What is odd, this disk starts up without issue in AppleWin (the DCLOCK.DSK) but it will not boot on my Apple IIc plus using the BMOW FloppyEmu.

Anyway, I think I'm going to give up on this and go back to using my plain IIc. Maybe get a no-slot clock in the future. It's not worth all the time I'm wasting trying to get it going on the Apple IIc plus.

I originally bought the RamExpress II+ for my Apple IIc, but I never checked to see if I had the proper motherboard so had to install it into the IIc plus.

 

Update: Plamen came through with a different disk image. With the one I've attached, I was able to boot to it finally and configure my clock on the Apple IIc plus!

D-Clock.dsk