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From: rick@ut-ngp.UTEXAS (Rick Watson)
Newsgroups: net.micro.mac
Subject: Re: LW & RamDisk
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Date: Thu, 8-Aug-85 21:36:59 EDT
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>>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
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