Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!husc6!think!ames!lll-tis!ptsfa!ihnp4!inuxc!iuvax!pur-ee!ea.ecn.purdue.edu!mckay From: mckay@ea.ecn.purdue.edu (Dwight D Mckay) Newsgroups: comp.sys.m6809 Subject: Re: 512K RAM upgrades (Caching) (too long) Message-ID: <420@ea.ecn.purdue.edu> Date: Wed, 31-Dec-69 18:59:59 EDT Article-I.D.: ea.420 Posted: Wed Dec 31 18:59:59 1969 Date-Received: Sun, 30-Aug-87 06:28:46 EDT References: <5013@milano.UUCP> <1987Aug19.210404.455@chp.uucp> <2004@lsuc.UUCP> <1987Aug25.163719.1827@chp.uucp> Reply-To: mckay@ea.ecn.purdue.edu.UUCP (Dwight D Mckay) Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network Lines: 13 The Microware release of OS9 for the Atari ST has variable read-caching for floppies. It makes a big difference in speed. If I remember correctly you can set the cache to be between 32 and 128K in size. (My manuals are at home, sigh...) This release of OS9 also comes with a RAM disk. A meg. of memory is nice to work with! I'm glad I sold the Coco... --Dwight Mckay, ECN Workstation Software Support [arpanet: mckay@ee.ecn.purdue.edu, usenet: ...ihnp4!pur-ee!mckay] [Compu-serve: 75776,1521, office: EE 348B, phone: (317) 494-3561]