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From: perry@well.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: ASDG-RAM does not survive reboots
Message-ID: <2508@well.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 30-Jan-87 22:18:33 EST
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Posted: Fri Jan 30 22:18:33 1987
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Summary: I resent this

In article <12068@lanl.ARPA>, rbw@lanl.ARPA (Bob Walker) writes:
> Thanks to Perry for the ASDG-RAM disk software.  This has been on my
> most-needed list for some time.  I think it downloaded here correctly,
> but I am having trouble getting it to work consistently.  As soon as
> I get my problem fixed, the $10 is yours.
> 
> I cannot get the ASDG-RAM to consistently survive voluntary reboots.
> I do not know if it will survive a guru or a hung machine for me.  I
> am running V1.2 KickStart and WB (33.47) with 512K chip and 2M fast
> (Pacific Cypress) memory.  I have set HighCyl=(anything odd from 63
> to 241).  All the proper files seem to be in the proper places, or it
> would never work.  My Startup-Sequence file begins with

I think the subject line by Bob is uncalled for.

(1)	The ASDG Recoverable Ram Disk has  been  in  use for over four months
	by all ASDG customers. This is a  commercial quality product not some
	crock posted for a quick buck.

	If thirty people already posted comments praising how well the usenet
	version works, how can some  people claim ``the asdg ram disk doesn't
	work''? 

	Please check  that you have downloaded the code properly using binary
	file transfer protocols  if  you  uudecode  on  a unix machine before
	downloading. 

	Please adhere to the guidelines on  how to install the ram disk. They
	are there for a reason.

(2)	Bob, call Pacific Cypress and ask  them  if  they continue to refresh
	their ram when the  Amiga  is  reset, or if any spikes occur on their
	board during resets. I suspect this is your problem. 

	Anyone else with Pacific Cypress products experience these troubles?

	What might be   happening  is if the Pacific  Cypress  board does not
	refresh the dram   array   when  rests  occur,   the  bits are simply
	dribbling away during some resets and not  during  others (some reset
	sequences might last longer than others).

	Or, maybe the  Pacific  Cypress board may act irrationally during re-
	sets (some chips coming up in undefined states).

	Or Bob, maybe you could go into more detail (in private email) about
	what you're doing?

Perry S. Kivolowitz
ASDG Incorporated