Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!ames!ucsd!rutgers!att!whuts!homxb!homxc!dwc From: dwc@homxc.ATT.COM (Malaclypse the Elder) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: RAM Disks are obsolete Keywords: Solid State Wafers Message-ID: <5031@homxc.ATT.COM> Date: 16 Jan 89 23:00:48 GMT References: <334@belltec.UUCP> Organization: Legion of Dynamic Discord Lines: 12 In article <334@belltec.UUCP>, jom@belltec.UUCP (Jerry Merlaine) writes: > > Building a special-purpose RAM disk with a disk controller interface > is a classic case of hardware people not talking to software people > but instead going off and building something cute but useless. > ah but the disk controller interface is well defined and typicall represent the greatest common denominator for many systems. filesystem interfaces are less standardized. danny chen att!homxc!dwc