Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ut-ngp.UTEXAS Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!ut-sally!ut-ngp!rick From: rick@ut-ngp.UTEXAS (Rick Watson) Newsgroups: net.micro.mac Subject: Re: LW & RamDisk Message-ID: <2223@ut-ngp.UTEXAS> Date: Thu, 8-Aug-85 21:36:59 EDT Article-I.D.: ut-ngp.2223 Posted: Thu Aug 8 21:36:59 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 12-Aug-85 00:20:14 EDT References: <764@lll-crg.ARPA> <13991@apple.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: UTexas Computation Center, Austin, Texas Lines: 21 >>In article <764@lll-crg.ARPA> cralle@lll-crg.ARPA (Bob Cralle) writes: >>I can't seem to get the LaserWriter to work with a RamDisk. I use public >>domain Ramstart. In MacWrite or MacPaint Mac says, "looking for LaserWriter" >>and a split second later it quits back to application. I have sys, finder >>4.1, laserprep, laserwriter, MacWrite & MacPaint in about 350K of ram disk. > >It sounds like a lack of memory. The LaserWriter software does not >spool to the disk, which means that printing on the LaserWriter >requires more memory. (That's why most applications cannot print on >the LaserWriter from a 128K Macintosh right now.) You should try >reducing the RAMDisk size by about 20-30K and try printing again. I believe that the problem with "RamStart" is that it uses the same driver (volume?) reference number that AppleTalk does? Has anyone fixed/patched this? Does anyone know where/if the source is available? Rick Watson University of Texas Computation Center rick@ut-ngp.arpa ...ut-sally!ut-ngp!rick