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- From: sgrenander@NASAMAIL.JPL.NASA.GOV (Sven U. Grenander)
- Subject: Re: RAM disk for system 7?
- Message-ID: <sgrenander-150992084907@mac4.jpl.nasa.gov>
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- References: <1992Sep14.203705.27376@menudo.uh.edu> <BuL8tJ.z6@acsu.buffalo.edu>
- Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 15:52:21 GMT
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- In article <BuL8tJ.z6@acsu.buffalo.edu>, triantos@acsu.buffalo.edu (Nick B
- Triantos) wrote:
- >
- > In article <1992Sep14.203705.27376@menudo.uh.edu> sunnyt@coding.bchs.uh.edu writes:
- >
- > >Is there a ram disk program like 'Ram Disk+' or a new version of 'Ram Disk+'
- > >that works with system 7. If there is one, is it commercial, shareware, or
- > >freeware?? I can't get 'Ram Disk+' (can't remember which verion, but its
- > >kind of old) to run on my IIsi with system 7. Any information will be
- > >greatly appreciated. Thanx!!
- >
- > On the shareware/freeware side, AppDisk, available at sumex, umich, etc., is
- > nice. Nothing too fancy last time I had looked at it, but it's apparently at
- > least functional. Commercially, there is Maxima, by Connectix, which is
- > supposed to be great. It allows for addressing up to 128MB of RAM, plus a RAM
- > disk that can withstand restarts, shutdowns, and even crashes. It's not too
- > expensive (between $42-$50 where I've seen it in mail order), and Connectix
- > usually makes some pretty neat utilities from what my friends tell me.
- >
- > Hope this helps!
- > -Nick
- > --
- > Nick Triantos internet: triantos@acsu.buffalo.edu
- > AOL: Triantos
- > "Scientists tell us that the fastest animal on earth, with a top speed of
- > 120 ft/sec, is a cow that has been dropped out of a helicopter." - Dave Barry
-
- The most recent version of AppDisk is 1.6, (1.5 would not save to file if
- the RAM allocation was larger than 16Mb). UMich has the 1.6 version.
-
- My personal experience is that it is certainly worth the $15 shareware fee.
-
- -Sven
-