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4. RAM disk recovery:
1. Battery-backed RAM present with bootable ProDOS RAM disk: Power off the machine and leave it for 1 hr. Power on.
- Expected: The system boots from RAM disk.
2. Battery-backed RAM present with bootable ProDOS RAM disk: Erase main RAM from 0400 up (e.g. in monitor: `400:A0` then `401<400.BFFEM`) and press ctrl-oa-reset.
2. Non-battery-backed RAM present with bootable ProDOS RAM disk: Erase main RAM from 0400 up (e.g. in monitor: `400:A0` then `401<400.BFFEM`) and press ctrl-oa-reset.
- Expected: The system boots from RAM disk.
#### Menu Item Functional Tests
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# The Whole Story
The Apple II Plus was the first computer my family owned. It's what I learned to program on. We spent hours at the keyboard typing in programs from magazines, and eventually I learned to modify them and write my own. As technology progressed, I switched to PCs like almost everyone else and largely forgot about the Apple II after the 90s. But, I held on to most of the stuff I'd acquired for it, much of which became cheap in the years after Apple discontinued the product line.
The Apple II Plus was the first computer my family owned. It's what I learned to program on. We spent hours at the keyboard typing in programs from magazines, and eventually I learned to modify them and write my own. As technology progressed, I switched to PCs like almost everyone else and largely forgot about the Apple II after the 90s. I still had an interest in my Apple IIs and managed to get hold of some more gear, including a //c and a couple of IIgs machines. The prices bottomed out a few years after Apple discontinued the line. Eventually I moved on and boxed it all up, sold a bit, but I held on to most of the interesting stuff I'd acquired.
## The Beginning and the New Old
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Jumping into this new hardware for old computers craze, I bought a [Ram Express II+](http://a2heaven.com/webshop/index.php?rt=product/product&product_id=144#review) from [A2 Heaven](http://www.a2heaven.com/) and was excited to try out the whopping (really!) 1 MB of battery-backed memory in it, as well as the clock. I formatted the card, loaded up ProDOS, and rebooted... Instant-on! Much fast!
Then I powered down for a while to do non-hobby things, and instead of a super fast boot to ProDOS, I got the the familiar clunking of the Apple 5 1/4 floppy drive recalibrating. I thought to myself that surely I was doing something wrong, so I rebooted ProDOS and found the card in its initial state without what I had copied on it.
Then I powered down for a while to do non-hobby things. Upon return, instead of a super fast boot to ProDOS, I got the the familiar clunking of the Apple 5 1/4 floppy drive recalibrating. I thought to myself that surely I was doing something wrong, so I rebooted ProDOS and found the card in its initial state without what I had copied on it.
Bummer.