Date   : Tue, 08 Jan 1991 16:25:47 GMT
From   : usc!cs.utexas.edu!ut-emx!austex!roadhog@ucsd.edu (Lindsay Haisley)
Subject: good news

>   Now for the question (no, not related). I would like to
>   know more about the TurboROM. I took out the old 10MB drive
>   and put in a 40 MB 28 ms. I UNDERSTAND that the most I can
>   get is a speed improvement, but I want MORE :-) A person I
>   know put in 2 10MB drives and just put a switch on the
>   front panel so he can switch them in and out ! :-) Viola,
>   20MB! [grin]
> 
The TurboROM is now being marketed and supported by Sage Microsystems East.
Contact Jay Sage, uucp address sage@LL.MIT.EDU.
 
TurboROM (or another ROM upgrade) is required on a K-10 in order to access
more than one hd of 10MB. TurboROM allows a total of 2 hard drives of up to
56MB each (simultaneously, no switches!).  In addition, it provides a
type-ahead keyboard buffer, a built in screen dump, cursor configuration,
built in screen blanking after 10 minutes of nonuse, onscreen time display
if you have a built in clock (some K-10's do), auto-detection of a variety
of floppy disk formats (many more using Plu*Perfect's MULTICOPY), support
for time/date stamping of files (requires Plu*Perfect DateStamper), and last
and possibly not least, support for up to 4 floppy drives.  I guess that
about sums it up.  I hope it's OK to post this.  I don't make any money off
of TurboROM, but use one in my personal K-10 and also in my BBS K-10.  I'm
happy to see that Jay has picked up the ball on this one.
 
                                     Lindsay Haisley

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