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From: robt@molihp.UUCP (Robert L Thurlow)
Newsgroups: net.micro.atari16
Subject: Re: Intersect RAM Disk (was Re: ST FONTS and FONTLOADER - PART I)
Message-ID: <151@molihp.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 15-Apr-86 16:17:38 EST
Article-I.D.: molihp.151
Posted: Tue Apr 15 16:17:38 1986
Date-Received: Thu, 17-Apr-86 11:36:11 EST
References: <54600010@iuvax.UUCP> <1988@brl-smoke.ARPA> <149@molihp.UUCP> <4003@pur-ee.UUCP>
Reply-To: robt@HP-UX.UUCP (Robert L Thurlow)
Organization: Moli Energy, Vancouver, B.C., CANADA
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Summary: 

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In article <149@molihp.UUCP> I wrote:
>>The Intersect ramdisk ... cannot allocate a ramdisk with TOS in ROM ...

In article <4003@pur-ee.UUCP> beatyr@pur-ee.UUCP (Robert Beaty) writes:
>  I don't know if I am the exception, or if I have misread the above text;
>but I daily set up a 350K Intersect RAM disk and run OSS Pascal off of it.
>I don't have any problems with the combination. I am NOT flaming, more
>like questioning if I should look out for some mysterious bug?

I went back and tried the Intersect RAM Disk, and it does work - as long
as I don't  have  Mike's  Ramdisk  on disk at  boot-up.  This is not too
surprising since each is going to try some  initialization  when loaded,
but I thought I tried dropping Mike's Ramdisk before when it didn't work
with TOS in ROM.  That combination did seem to work with TOS.IMG in RAM,
though.  I now use the ramdisk from Landon Dyer at Atari, which  doesn't
suck up accessory slots and installs itself.

Something  else I  noticed  was that the first  demo in the  Abacus  GEM
Reference  fails for me if I have the BICALC.ACC Desk calculator on disk
at boot-up.  This is a pain,  because I like the  calculator.  I have to
wonder  why  accessories   fight  so  much  with  each  other  and  with
applications.

# UUCP : ...!ubc_vision!molihp!robt			Robert Thurlow	   #
<DISCLAIMER : my thoughts are my own, and are void where prohibited by law.>