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From: dubois@uwmacc.UUCP (Paul DuBois)
Newsgroups: net.micro.mac
Subject: Re: Levco 2Meg Monster Mac, Switcher 4.4, and Assimilation RAMDisk
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Date: Wed, 13-Nov-85 09:54:57 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov 13 09:54:57 1985
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> 
> [Poster describes setup process for use of Levco upgrade, with a big
> ramdisk, on which the switcher is the startup application and reads
> the startup document.  Then...]
> Restriction:  There is one unfortunate, albeit expected, drawback.  If
> I eject the boot floppy it is immediately asked for.  The reason seems
> to be that if overlays, etc. are needed the disk must be present.  I
> had hoped to be able to load my desired application set, keep my RAMdisk
> as empty as possible, and eject the boot disk giving me two available
> floppy drives.  I will have to chose between copying the applications to
> the RAMdisk or occupying a physical drive with the boot floppy.  All in
> all not too bad a decision to face.

I have a question related to this.  I typically load a system file, printer
driver, and MacWrite into a ram disk, with the minifinder as the startup
application.  When the minifinder puts up its window, I toss the boot disk
and run MacWrite from the Ramdisk - this allows me two data drives.

Usually, anyway.  That's what I do at home, on my Mac purchased in March
1985.  We just got another Mac here at work, and when I do the *same* thing,
as soon as I try to launch MacWrite, it asks for the boot disk.  If I put
it back in, quit MacWrite, then launch it again from the ramdisk, it does
*not* ask for the boot disk.

Why the difference between the two Macs?  Why the different behavior on
the two launches?


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