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From: a218@mindlink.UUCP (Charlie Gibbs)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Why not use RAD:? (Re: ASDG VD0: DOES NOT WORK!)
Message-ID: <3615@mindlink.UUCP>
Date: 21 Oct 90 20:59:05 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
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In article <1990Oct22.033330.22005@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG>
xanthian@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG (Kent Paul Dolan) writes:

>I'm really curious at all this VD0: and VK0: traffic.

     So am I.  I've been using VD0: ever since it came out (3 years
or more?) and in all that time I've maybe lost it once.  This covers
many gurus (including "fireworks mode") as well as buffered disk
copiers like DFC.  For a while, we were using Marauder to copy PD
disks at our local club meeting; I'd re-boot without activating VD0:,
copy disks using Marauder in buffered mode, then boot back into my
standard configuration to find VD0: still there, complete with my
Workbench (this was before I got my hard disk).  On my A1000, a bad
crash might take out my homebrewed clock hardware, but VD0: hangs
in there.

     I have never used RAD: and have no intention of ever doing so.
Its fatal drawback (IMHO) is that it grabs its maximum amount of
memory whether it's using it or not.  My 960K VD0: uses just about
zip until I start putting files into it; unused space is free for
other programs to use.  VD0: is one of the greatest Amiga utilities
ever made, and Perry Kivolowitz deserves a hearty round of thanks
for making it available.

Charlie_Gibbs@mindlink.UUCP
I'm trying to develop a photographic memory.