Chapter 1

INTRODUCTION

The MultiRam (tm) C Card is an expandable memory card for the Apple //c that brings great power and versatility to your Apple.

MultiRam C’s memory is expandable from 256K to 512K. When MultiRam C is installed inside an Apple //c, the card’s memory is added to the Apple //c’s 128K built-in memory to give the //c up to 640K of total memory.

MultiRam C fits inside the Apple //c, underneath the keyboard. The card simply plugs into the //c motherboard and requires no special tools, jumpers or soldering to Install. MultiRam C’s low power design means the card will cause no heat buildup inside the case and will allow a battery pack to be used with the //c for lengthy sessions.

Memory can be easily added to MultiRam C in either 256K or 64K increments. MultiRam C is shipped with a minimum of 256K memory installed. Instructions for installing and testing your own RAM on the card are covered later in this manual.

The MultiRam C Card is 1001 compatible with all existing //c software. Some programs currently will find and use most or all of MultiRam C’s memory. In the near future, several new and powerful business programs from third party software publishers will become available fur the MultiRam C that will use all of MultiRam C’s memory.

The best selling program for the Apple. AppleWorks, can now use all of MultiRam C’s memory. MultiRam C and its AppleWorks expansion software greatly expand the Desktop that is normally 55K for AppleWorks with an ordinary 128K Apple //c. A 512K MultiRam C Card, for example, offers usable AppleWorks Desktop space of 413K! By expanding AppleWorks memory limitations, MultiRam C truly turns AppleWorks into one of the best integrated packages available for any microcomputer. Use the MultiRam C Card, AppleWorks, and a hard disk drive together and the Apple //c becomes a serious business machine capable of the moat demanding tasks.

With the RAM disk software included with MultiRam C. programs can be accessed user twenty times faster than ia normal with standard Apple 5 1/4 disk drives. With 256K installed, MultiRam C can take the place of two ordinary Apple disk drives; four if a full 512K is installed. Put your favorite unprotected programs onto a RAM disk and discover how se’ it can be to quickly move between application programs.