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From: ir353@sdcc6.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Is there a recoverable RAM disk for the Mac?
Message-ID: <3423@sdcc6.ucsd.EDU>
Date: Thu, 29-Oct-87 22:14:34 EST
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Posted: Thu Oct 29 22:14:34 1987
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Reply-To: ir353@sdcc6.ucsd.edu.UUCP (Matthew Grayson)
Organization: University of California, San Diego
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Keywords: RAM disk

Ramdisk+, at least, survives soft restarts on a Mac II.
Scenario:
	Load up Ramdisk with oodles of tasty files. For example,
Fedit+ doesn't work with my CMS80, so I copy files to a ramdisk,
edit them there, and copy back to the disk; it's safer anyway.
	Crash the machine, but not so badly that you have to pull
the plug (It happens! The POWER SWITCH isn't recognized. Is that
wierd, or what?).
        Reboot. Now there's no ramdisk there, but WAIT! Run Ramdisk+
again, and your FILES ARE THERE WHEN THE RAMDISK IS MOUNTED.
(insert Twilight Zone music here.)

Someone with a Mac II try this and tell me if I'm hallucinating.
	
	Matt  (sdcc6!ir353@sdcsvax.ucsd.edu)