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From: GORRIEDE@UREGINA1.BITNET (Dennis Robert Gorrie)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: VD0 help
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Date: 11 Sep 89 22:26:51 GMT
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> VD0: is still worthwhile for one simple reason: It doesn't hog the memo
>the way that RAD: does. Once you have RAD: mounted, the memory is gone, until
>you remove it. With VD0:, it is only taken up while it is being used,
>like RAM:. If you have dead space (space that WAS used, but is not used
>now), you can run CleanRamDisk and it will return it to the system. I
>use RAD: like a real ram disk, and use VD0: as a replacement for RAM:,
>since it does about the same thing, but is recoverable...

BUT RAD , and RAM, are 5 times faster than the original VD0: by my
benchmarks.  AND the new VD0: does not work for anyone with a Michigan
Insider board so far that I have talked to.

I wanted to purchase VDK, but I have tried for one year, to get a hold
of Neil Katts, but he never answered his e-mail.

At any rate, there is definitely room for improvement in the area of
recoverable ram disks.



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| DENNIS GORRIE (GORRIEDE AT UREGINA1.BITNET)                                |
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