Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!uunet!mcsun!ukc!edcastle!dcl-cs!gdt!brispoly!gould2!la_carle From: la_carle@sol.brispoly.ac.uk (Les Carleton) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Hard-drive on a 520ST? Message-ID: Date: 15 Jun 91 17:05:45 GMT References: <1991Jun5.181758.4095@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> Sender: news@g2.brispoly.ac.uk (news user) Organization: Bristol Polytechnic, Bristol, UK Lines: 21 In-Reply-To: slammy@admiral.UUCP's message of 12 Jun 91 00: 07:54 GMT In article slammy@admiral.UUCP (Dave Litchman) writes: You will have almost the same amount of free memory with a hard drive as without. The driver only takes up a few bytes. If you could run Word Perfect and Timeworks DTP before (which I suspect you could) you can still run them with a hard drive, only MUCH, MUCH faster. Careful here ... the ICD boot system I have does take up a lot of memory if you use the disk seriously (extra 500-1000 folders). I have up to now lost ~100K (out of 1Mb (yes I know I should get more :-)) with all caching off. ...Les... "6x uudecode at the same time" -- +---------------------------+--------------------------------------------+ | Les Carleton | la_carle@uk.ac.bristol-poly.gould2 (JANET) | | MCI#4 Bristol Polytechnic | "My Life - My Opinions - ALL MINE!!!" | | Brissle, England | "I love children ... but I couldn't eat a | | "UNIX troubleshooter" | whole one" | | Moving soon ... redirect to les@decuk.uvo.dec.com after July 1st | +---------------------------+--------------------------------------------+