Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!gatech!bloom-beacon!think!ames!lll-tis!ptsfa!hoptoad!academ!killer!usl!prm From: prm@usl (Patrick Royce Michaud) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: can I get some info on vd0:? Message-ID: <132@usl> Date: Wed, 8-Jul-87 04:17:11 EDT Article-I.D.: usl.132 Posted: Wed Jul 8 04:17:11 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 12-Jul-87 10:50:51 EDT Reply-To: prm@usl.usl.edu.UUCP (Patrick Royce Michaud) Organization: CACS, Univ of SW La, Lafayette, LA Lines: 27 Keywords: vd0: [a one-eyed, one-horned, flying purple line eater] (only on Amigas have I seen purple lines! :-)) Can someone give me a little more background concerning the various references to the "vd0:" device? From what I've been able to glean from the previous messages, vd0: sounds like a specialized form of ramdisk (an alternative to RAM: that will survive a warm-boot). I could really use this sort of feature since my Amiga is usually powered 24hrs a day but gets rebooted often (oh, to be able to store those commands in a semi-permanent ramdrive!) If anyone can shed some light or point the way for me, I would greatly appreciate it. If I'm totally off-base, I can understand it; I've been out of contact with my Amiga for approximately 6 months and also with most of the latest Amiga news. :-)! (If it is of any use, I currently have a A1000, 1-disk, 1.5Meg RAM machine. My expansion ram is a 1-Meg Microbotics Starboard-2. Yes, I know that Microbotics advertises a "sticky disk" for approx $100, but (FLAME-->) I had some initial altercations with Microbotics (thus my Amiga's extended absence referenced above) and would like to avoid dealing with them if possible. If anyone would like details about the StarBoard2 or my problems with Microbotics then let me know. (<--UNFLAME)) Many thanks prm USL NASA Project Member prm@usl.usl.edu.UUCP