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Reportedly, the RAM is accessed in 128-byte sectors.
Reportedly, the RAM is accessed in 128-byte sectors.


That, probably via I/O ports, ie. unlike other RAM expansions, the RAM is probably not mapped to the Z80 memory region.
The RAM is accessed using I/O ports. It can not be banked in like common RAM expansions do. So it's a real RAM disc, not an RAM expansion.
There was support for [[FutureOS]] for a while (up to system 0.6). That support was abandoned later due to the very high price of the RAM disc (more than 1000 DM) corresponding to a very small number of units sold.


== I/O Ports ==
== I/O Ports ==


  #F9FC - #F9FE Otten & Fecht 1 MB RAM-Disc (R/W)
#F9FC - #F9FE Otten & Fecht 1 MB RAM-Disc (R/W)
  #FBF0 - #FBFF Otten & Fecht 1 MB RAM-Disc (R/W)
#FBF0 - #FBFF Otten & Fecht 1 MB RAM-Disc (R/W)
 
(Data taken from the FutureOS manual).
 
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Latest revision as of 17:49, 21 December 2016

Not much known.

Reportedly, the RAM is accessed in 128-byte sectors.

The RAM is accessed using I/O ports. It can not be banked in like common RAM expansions do. So it's a real RAM disc, not an RAM expansion. There was support for FutureOS for a while (up to system 0.6). That support was abandoned later due to the very high price of the RAM disc (more than 1000 DM) corresponding to a very small number of units sold.

I/O Ports

  1. F9FC - #F9FE Otten & Fecht 1 MB RAM-Disc (R/W)
  2. FBF0 - #FBFF Otten & Fecht 1 MB RAM-Disc (R/W)

(Data taken from the FutureOS manual).