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From: mccann@puff.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: /RAM5
Message-ID: <523@puff.WISC.EDU>
Date: Tue, 24-Feb-87 18:04:36 EST
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Posted: Tue Feb 24 18:04:36 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 27-Feb-87 04:04:53 EST
Organization: U of Wisconsin CS Dept
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Keywords: IIgs, RAMdisk, ProDOS 1.1.1, pleasant surprise!

I discovered something unexpected (to me, anyway) this afternoon.  I have a
IIgs with a 1 meg gsRAM board installed.  While checking my current volumes
with FILER, I noticed a ramdisk in slot 5, drive 2.  Apparently, ProDOS 1.1.1
can recognize the extra memory on the IIgs memory card and use it as a
ramdisk!  2048 blocks of ramdisk are nothing to sneeze at, especially to those
of us who don't have hard disks.

Up until today, I was working under the (obviously mistaken) impression that
the IIgs memory space (at least that much covered by the memory board) was
inaccessible to the 8-bit mode.

I played around with it for awhile and assured myself that it's really there
and it really works.  Try it; you'll like it!

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Lester I. McCann
University of Wisconsin CS Dept.
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