Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!bbn!uwmcsd1!lakesys!jason
From: jason@lakesys.UUCP (Jason)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: RAM Disk
Summary: How does the builtin RAMdisk work?
Message-ID: <768@lakesys.UUCP>
Date: 24 Jun 88 06:19:37 GMT
References: <8806222315.aa01473@SMOKE.BRL.ARPA>
Organization: Lake Systems, Milwaukee Wisconsin
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In article <8806222315.aa01473@SMOKE.BRL.ARPA>, AXDJW@ALASKA.BITNET (David Wreggit) writes:
> [First part of article deleted]
> involves setting up a maximum RAM disk size of 800K (or whatever) and a
> minimum RAM disk size of 0K.  This way the OS can create a RAM disk if
> appropriate, or ignore it and have free access to the extra memory.
> Dave.

	I've never looked into it, so I'm completely clueless as to how
/RAM5 works as it does... Does ProDOS just read in the battery-backed RAM
stuff and then write the virgin directory out to it? Or is it handled by some
low-level stuff? What happens if /RAM5 needs memory and it's all taken up?
Questions galore... I'm an experienced (if somewhat lazy) programmer, and can
deal with a techy answer. Any responses appreciated!

	Jason - Not your average iconoclast.

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