kevin@voder.UUCP (The Last Bugfighter) (06/07/85)
Speaking of ramdisks, the June issue of ANALOG Computing has an article
titled `V: A Memory Storage Device' which will allow you to create a ramdisk
in any model Atari computer. You can list or save to the handler V: but as
it does not support a directory it can hold only one file at a time. Depending
on the amount of free RAM in your system it is NOT erased by going to the DUP
menu! This makes it hundreds of times faster than using a MEM.SAV file.
V: is extreamly useful for clearing the variable table of BASIC programs by
listing the program to V:, then typing NEW, entering from V:, then saveing to
disk. It also comes in handy for merging program segments or re-arranging
them. The program is reset safe and it's only limitation seems to be dependent
on your available RAM and that you can't use any DOS copy functions as they
will almost certainly wipe out anything in V:.
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Kevin Thompson {ucbvax,ihnp4!nsc}!voder!kevin
"It's sort of a threat, you see. I've never been very good at them
myself but I'm told they can be very effective."