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- Cologne , West Germany , July 4 , 1988
-
- ---- This file is a translation of the original german README file, written
- by Max Böhm, the author of this exceptional public domain program.
- Translated by COLONIUS. Comments made by the translator are within
- brackets.
-
- MAXIDISK.PRG installs a resetproof ramdisk, which compresses the files
- stored in it. It is usually possible, to store about 750 kB in a 500 kB
- ramdisk! This version works with all versions of ROM based TOS, including
- the new Blitter TOS of the MEGA STs. Any memory size, up to 4 megabyte, is
- supported. (Although it makes little sense to use a ramdisk on a 512 kB
- system.)
-
- MAXIDISK.PRG should reside in the AUTO folder on your boot disk, although
- you may also install the ramdisk from the desktop after booting your ST.
- (In this case you should rename the program to MAXIDISK.TOS, since it is not
- a GEM application and will cause trouble if started as one. It must,
- however, carry the .PRG extender to autoboot from the AUTO folder.)
-
- The first thing MAXIDISK.PRG does, is to check if there is already a
- MAXIDISK installed. In this case, you are informed about the size and the
- assigned partition name and the installation terminates.
-
- After this, MAXIDISK checks for MAXIDISK.INF on drive A and B (if started
- from floppy) or on the logical drive (partition) it was started from.
-
- If you would rather abort the installation of the ramdisk after starting
- MAXIDISK.PRG, simply hit return without entering a numeric value when
- prompted to enter the desired ramdisk size. A message will inform you that
- the ramdisk was not installed.
-
- Once the MAXIDISK is installed, it is resetproof. This means that the
- contents of the ramdisk will survive the reset, not the driver program
- itself. You must start MAXIDISK.PRG after a reset, to be able to access the
- data in the ramdisk. If you fail to do so, the ramdisk will still remain
- intact over any number of "warm" resets, but it will seem to be empty (0
- bytes in 0 files) until the MAXIDISK driver is reinstalled.
-
-
- MAXIDISK.INF is an ASCII file which you may use to install the maxidisk
- automatically after MAXIDISK.PRG has been invoked.
-
- MAXIDISK.INF contains the size of the ramdisk, the drive number which shall
- be assigned to the ramdisk (C through P) and the names of programs that
- should be started after the ramdisk has been installed. (You may edit this
- file with any text editor or word processor that allows you to save plain
- ASCII files. If you should use 1st Word (any version), be sure to switch of
- the word processor mode. You may also delete MAXIDISK.INF entirely, if you
- prefer to enter size and drive number manually.) The example MAXIDISK.INF
- file installs a 500 kB ramdisk as drive D, copies the contents of the folder
- COPY_IT to the ramdisk and finally starts SET_TIME.TOS. (see also COPY.TTP
- and SET_TIME.TOS)
-
-
- The following files are not required for the operation of the Maxidisk, but
- are utilities that are nice to have.
-
-
- COPY.TTP is used to copy files into the ramdisk on a coldstart bootup. The
- required parameters are the names of the source and destination folders.
- (Example: A:\COPY_IT D:\ will copy all files within the folder "COPY_IT" on
- drive A to the main directory of drive B. It is a good idea to include the
- line COPY.TTP A:\COPY_IT D:\ in MAXIDISK.INF to automate the procedure.)
-
- SET_TIME.TOS allows you to set the ST's internal clock.
-
- COPY.C and SET_TIME.C contain the C source code of COPY.TTP and SETTIME.TOS.
- These files are contained in a seperate .ARC file which you may download or
- not.
-
-
- MAXIDISK.INF, COPY.TTP and SET_TIME.TOS should reside in the root directory
- of the same drive (either floppy or hard disk) as MAXIDISK.PRG. If you have
- two disk drives and MAXIDISK.PRG is not started from hard disk, both drives
- will be checked for the MAXIDISK.INF file.
-
-
- Known Problems: none, so far -- at least if you rename MAXIDISK.PRG to
- MAXIDISK.TOS if you start it from the desktop. If you boot
- in 40 column mode, the display will be somewhat garbled, but
- the program works fine nonetheless, so this is not assumed
- to be a problem.
-
- Disclaimer: This software and its documentation are in the public
- domain. You may copy them freely for non comercial purposes
- only. No warranty whatsoever is made regarding the
- performance of this program and the accuracy of its
- documentation. In other words: use it at your own risk!
-
-
- Problems , Suggestions etc : EMAIL to username COLONIUS on DELPHI.
-
-
- Original Program and all coding by: Max Boehm
- Im Engelbrauck 5
- 4670 Luenen
- West Germany
-
-
- Conversion to the English language by: Stephan Muhs
- Wilhelmstr. 51
- 5000 Koeln 60
- West Germany
- (Username Colonius on Delphi)
-
-