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From: jmb@cbnews.ATT.COM (James M. Brohard)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Want advice on ramdisk
Keywords: ramdisk finder gs/os
Message-ID: <2654@cbnews.ATT.COM>
Date: 16 Dec 88 12:21:06 GMT
Reply-To: jmb@cbnews.ATT.COM (Jim Brohard)
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
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Ok.
I have finally broken down and decided to ask Santa Claus for memory
for a ramdisk for my IIGS.  I am completely disgusted by the boot time
of my Apple - even running the new GS/OS of a 3.5" floppy.  I intend to
build up the ramdisk as the boot device.

What is the minimum set of files and directories that I need to load
onto the ramdisk?  What is a guesstimate of the minimum memory needed
to do this?   Is there any other way of avoiding the slow startup time
of the finder - other than a hard disk?

Also, is it really necessary to install a memory battery backup like
Applied Engineering's RAM KEEPER?  What is wrong with just leaving the
cpu powered up with the monitor off?  Isn't this what bulletin boards
do?

Thanks for any help,
Jim Brohard
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