#: 13780 S10/OS9/6809 (CoCo)
01-Jan-92 10:29:00
Sb: #13714-Recovering RAM
Fm: Dennis Skala 73177,2365
To: Ian Hodgson 72177,1762 (X)
Erich,
As the author of the ramdisk software you refer to, I appreciate your positive
comments regarding the speed and convenience of use. I spent a good deal of
effort making it so. Even though it's been several years now, I still enjoy
hearing people say they are getting good use from it.
I don't understand what you are referring to however when you say "less than
100%-RBF compatible". I can assure you that since they are RBF devices, *all*
OS9 ramdisks are fully 100% RBF compatible. Else they wouldn't work at all!
If you're referring to the creation of a BLOB problem by certain bootfile
configurations containing the ramdisk driver/descriptor, this has nothing to do
with any sort of software compatibilty. It is a subtle hardware problem with
the Coco's address circuitry which results in certain bootfile configurations
not booting (at least this seems to be the consensus right now). It's also a
pain in the a** for those cursed with it! ;-)
***** Dennis *****
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