[net.micro.atari16] Free Ram question

atwell@utah-cs.UUCP (Bart L. Atwell) (03/26/86)

I am very pleased with the INTERSECT ram disk that John Franco posted
a few weeks ago (Thanks, John).  The deallocation feature is quite useful.

I have a question though.  INTERSECT  has a display of the free ram available
for use as a ramdisk.  Right after I boot (TOS on disk) the free ram shows
around 175K.  But if I list a file on the screen (by selecting SHOW in the
window that appears when you select a non-executable file), the available
ram is reduced to 130K the next time I look.

Does anybody know what is causing this?

Also, I've removed DESK1 and DESK2 from the boot disk to get more memory.
Without DESK1 though, it appears that the changes I made to the desktop
with the Control Panel are no longer invoked.  DESKTOP.INFO is still on the
disk.  Is there any way to get a customized desktop to appear without 
installing DESK1?

Thanks in advance,

Bart Atwell
atwell@utah-cs