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800XL Mini-RAMdisk
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j...@mitre-bedford.arpa
Oct 30, 1986, 1:45:02 AM10/30/86
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Yesterday, I typed in the mini-RAMdisk program that Bill Wilkinson
published in COMPUTE! recently (Oct. 86), and by golly it actually works.
For those who missed it, this runs on an 800XL WITHOUT ANY UPGRADE, and it
uses the normally idle RAM under the O/S (48K to 65K) as the RAMdisk!!!! It
holds 105 sectors, which is enough to do some useful things like copying small
files from one disk to another, or storing input files for programs which
require rapid I/O response. (A Morse Code program I wrote recently is a good
example!)
published in COMPUTE! recently (Oct. 86), and by golly it actually works.
For those who missed it, this runs on an 800XL WITHOUT ANY UPGRADE, and it
uses the normally idle RAM under the O/S (48K to 65K) as the RAMdisk!!!! It
holds 105 sectors, which is enough to do some useful things like copying small
files from one disk to another, or storing input files for programs which
require rapid I/O response. (A Morse Code program I wrote recently is a good
example!)
After trying out this RAMdisk, I am convinced that EVERY 800XL owner should
CERTAINLY have it!!! But be warned, once you have seen how quick a RAMdisk
is, you will be a likely candidate to buy one of the memory upgrades that let
you run a REAL (full-sized) RAMdisk!
-John Sangster
j...@MITRE-Bedford.arpa
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