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- Short: Replacement RAM disk.
- Author: caffer@cs.ucc.ie (Neil Cafferkey)
- Uploader: caffer@cs.ucc.ie (Neil Cafferkey)
- Version: 1.5
- Type: util/sys
- Requires: OS3.0+
-
- AmberRAM is a replacement for the AmigaDOS RAM disc. Like the original, it
- is non-block-oriented and dynamically sized.
-
- Advantages over the original RAM disc:
-
- - Faster.
- - Provides accurate information about space utilisation.
- - Isn't always 100% full. Free memory is included in disc size.
- - More space efficient.
- - Allows deletion of hard-linked, non-empty directories (the directory
- contents are preserved, as the link is made into a real directory).
- - Can be write protected.
- - Can be properly dismounted (resources are freed).
-
- Disadvantages:
-
- - "Volume full" requester is never displayed.
- - Directories can't be created from Workbench under AmigaOS 3.0 or 3.1.
- - Record locking is unsupported.
- - ExamineAll() is unsupported, but is emulated by dos.library.
-
- This package is released under the GNU General Public Licence.
-
- Changes in this version:
-
- - No longer possible for a new file to overwrite an empty directory.
- - Fixed small error in reported disc usage.
- - SetDate on links works now.
- - Redesigned notification code to make it faster.
- - Fixed bug triggered by zero-length writes (thanks to Vinnny).
- - Fixed various notification bugs.
- - Fixed memory leak in notification code (thanks to Dietmar Eilert).
- - Shortened list of advantages to reflect improvements in official RAM
- disc.
- - Documentation now advises that Workbench problems are OS 3.0/3.1
- specific.
- - New icons.
-