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- From: mm68@unix.brighton.ac.uk (Lost Boy)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
- Subject: Re: RAM disk, lharc...
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.092428.2085@unix.brighton.ac.uk>
- Date: 25 Jan 93 09:24:28 GMT
- References: <1jp6nmINNr5v@ub.d.umn.edu>
- Organization: University of Brighton, UK
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- awest@ub.d.umn.edu (The Piano Man) writes:
- >
- > First, what is a "RAM-disk" and how do I create one?
-
- A RAM disk is a clever little program that fool your st into thinking it
- has another drive connected when in fact the drive in a block of memory.
-
- This is *very* simplistic, but the principle is that because a ram-disk
- is in memory, access is *very* fast. You can get alot of different ram-disk
- set up programs, which offer various features including reset-proof
- ramdisks (remember memory gets wiped when you turn off, so copy everything
- you want off of the disk before you switch off!) so that you can recover
- your ramdisk after a reset (pretty handy).
-
- > What programs should I use, and where are the directions for archivers for
- > .lzh files?? (I just want to extract them!!!)
-
- .lzh files need the lharc.ttp program, most pd archives hold at least
- one version of this program. lancs.pdsoft in the uk have it, atari.archive
- too, look in your nearest local archive.
-
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