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excerpt: "RAMdisking capabilities саn increase the versatility of a computer by providing temporary file storage. RAMdisk reserves a portion of memory for f1les. Thereafter you access the file the same way you access it on disk or on microcartridge. There are two differences: The device is called ram as in 'ram1_fred'. The other difference is that…"
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# RAMDISK for the QL

RAMdisking capabilities саn increase the versatility of a computer by providing temporary file storage.

RAMdisk reserves a portion of memory for f1les. Thereafter you access the file the same way you access it on disk or on microcartridge. There are two differences: The device is called ram as in ‘ram1_fred’. The other difference is that access to the file is very much quicker than to files stored on magnetic media.