Date   : Mon, 26 Sep 1988 15:10:21 PDT
From   : secrist%msdsws.DEC@decwrl.dec.com (Richard Secrist, Digital Equip. Corp. USA)
Subject: NEC 8500 RAM Cart. & Tech. Info

       Roger, etal.:

       An excellent source of any NEC 8500 (8xxx) peripherals at
       the best prices is Daniel Cohen, P.O. Box 237, Plymouth NH
       03264, 800/338-1839.  His prices vary according to whatever
       lot he's purchased recently, but he is very honest, quick,
       and knowledgeable.  Keep in mind NEC made several models
       of RAM cartridge, so the number vary.  If you tell him what
       you want to plug it into and he says it works he doesn't
       lie.  Standard disclaimers.

       Technical information on the '8500 (Starlet, etal.) is
       available from the Technical Support department of NEC.
       Contact Kelly Ryan at 800/632-7875.  They won't sell it
       to you but if you sign a confidential disclosure agreement
       with NEC their recent policy was to give it to you for free.

       The 8500 has a 56K TPA available when you plug in a RAM
       cartridge and configure it as your A: drive (otherwise the
       cartridge looks like B:).  All you do is plug in the cartridge,
       format it with the built-in FORMAT, and switch TPA-modes using
       the built-in OPTION program, and you're up.  The directory
       track is stored funny so directory-munging programs don't,
       otherwise it's pretty much what you'd expect.

       rcs