Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!pyrnj!esquire!cmcl2!rna!rocky2!reintom From: reintom@rocky2.UUCP (Tom Reingold) Newsgroups: comp.sys.att,comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Releasing RAM-DISK to free system memory Message-ID: <327@rocky2.UUCP> Date: Thu, 22-Jan-87 12:49:11 EST Article-I.D.: rocky2.327 Posted: Thu Jan 22 12:49:11 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 24-Jan-87 00:25:14 EST References: <9714FIB@PSUVM> Organization: Rockefeller Univ.,N.Y.C 10021 Lines: 178 Summary: Here is a RAMdisk driver that does what you want. Xref: mnetor comp.sys.att:148 comp.sys.ibm.pc:1190 In article <9714FIB@PSUVM>, FIB@PSUVM.BITNET writes: > Does anyone know how to release a RAM-Disk to give me more system memory? > [...] > > Is there any way to do this ? > > Glenn S Piper Enclosed is something you would probably like. I didn't write it and it was written with a fairly unpopular compiler and assembler so I use it as a black box. Tom Reingold --- cut here if you want but uudecode knows how to search for a begin line --- begin 666 ramdisk.arc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