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BCS Sinclair-Timex User Group Newsletter v7 n3
Volume:
7
Issue:
3
Date
May/June 1988
Pages
6-8
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RAMdisking capabilities can increase the versatility of a computer by providing temporary file storage.
RAMdisk reserves a portion of memory for files. Thereafter you access the file the same way you access it on disk or on microcartridge. There are two differences: The device is called ran as in ‘ram1_fred’. The other difference is that access to the file is very much quicker than to files stored on magnetic media.
A practical application is in exporting and importing files between PSION programs. QDOS anticipated ram disking and allows for up to eight RAM disks to be addressed.