---
title: "LARKEN RAMdisk"
id: 13744
type: "product"
slug: "ramdisk"
url: "http://localhost/product/ramdisk/"
markdown_url: "http://localhost/product/ramdisk.md"
published_at: "2019-11-30T01:19:56+00:00"
modified_at: "2026-03-22T13:20:29+00:00"
author: "David Anderson"
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excerpt: "Expands the 2068 with up to 256K of nonvolatile RAM. Includes LKDOS Extended BASIC cartridge and memory board that attaches to expansion port. LKDOS uses standard BASIC commands (LOAD, CAT, SAVE, etc) to operate the RAM disk. Uses 32K (62256) CMOS RAM chips backed up with a battery; comes with 64K. Compatible with Spectrum, OS-64…"
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    url: "http://localhost/category/hardware/ram/"
post_tag:
  - name: "Ed Grey Enterprises"
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    url: "http://localhost/tag/ed-grey-enterprises/"
  - name: "LARKEN Electronics"
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    taxonomy: "post_tag"
    url: "http://localhost/tag/larken-electronics/"
  - name: "TS 2068"
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    taxonomy: "post_tag"
    url: "http://localhost/tag/ts2068/"
model:
  - name: "Timex/Sinclair 2068"
    slug: "ts-2068"
    taxonomy: "model"
    url: "http://localhost/model/ts-2068/"
genre:
  - name: "Hardware"
    slug: "hardware"
    taxonomy: "genre"
    url: "http://localhost/type/hardware/"
  - name: "RAM"
    slug: "ram"
    taxonomy: "genre"
    url: "http://localhost/type/ram/"
company:
  id: 11042
  title: "LARKEN Electronics"
  type: "company"
  url: "http://localhost/company/larken-electronics/"
price: 130
date: 1988
rarity: "Uncommon"
related_content:
  - id: 37305
    title: "Adding the Larken RAMDisk to an Existing LKDOS System"
    type: "document"
    url: "http://localhost/document/adding-the-larken-ramdisk-to-an-existing-lkdos-system/"
  - id: 47663
    title: "RAMDisk Backup & Restore Utility"
    type: "document"
    url: "http://localhost/document/ramdisk-backup-restore-utility/"
  - id: 21810
    title: "A T/S 2068 Utility to Put Basic Programs into the Larken RAMDisk Banks"
    type: "article"
    url: "http://localhost/article/a-t-s-2068-utility-to-put-basic-programs-into-the-larken-ramdisk-banks/"
  - id: 23216
    title: "Correction: Other Uses for Larken RAMDisk"
    type: "article"
    url: "http://localhost/article/correction-other-uses-for-larken-ramdisk/"
  - id: 42752
    title: "How I Got My Ramdisk Chips"
    type: "article"
    url: "http://localhost/article/how-i-got-my-ramdisk-chips/"
  - id: 23656
    title: "Interbank Database: TS-2068 and the Larken RAMdisk"
    type: "article"
    url: "http://localhost/article/interbank-database-ts-2068-and-the-larken-ramdisk/"
  - id: 23651
    title: "Interbank Database, Part 2: TS-2068 and the Larken RAMdisk"
    type: "article"
    url: "http://localhost/article/interbank-database-part-2-ts-2068-and-the-larken-ramdisk/"
  - id: 23427
    title: "LARKEN RAMdisk (Bug Alert)"
    type: "article"
    url: "http://localhost/article/larken-ramdisk-bug-alert/"
  - id: 23491
    title: "Larken RAMdisk at the Space Center"
    type: "article"
    url: "http://localhost/article/larken-ramdisk-at-the-space-center/"
  - id: 21736
    title: "Larken RAMdisk for the TS 2068"
    type: "article"
    url: "http://localhost/article/larken-ramdisk-for-the-ts-2068-2/"
  - id: 23293
    title: "Larken RAMdisk for the TS 2068"
    type: "article"
    url: "http://localhost/article/larken-ramdisk-for-the-ts-2068/"
  - id: 23288
    title: "Larken Ramdisk"
    type: "article"
    url: "http://localhost/article/larken-ramdisk/"
  - id: 21811
    title: "Other Uses for the T/S 2068 Larken RAMDisk"
    type: "article"
    url: "http://localhost/article/other-uses-for-the-t-s-2068-larken-ramdisk-2/"
  - id: 38972
    title: "256K Ram!"
    type: "article"
    url: "http://localhost/article/256k-ram/"
  - id: 23758
    title: "An Interbank Database for the TS2068"
    type: "article"
    url: "http://localhost/article/an-interbank-database-for-the-ts2068/"
  - id: 23234
    title: "Bob’s Notebook: Bank Switching Notes For A Beginner"
    type: "article"
    url: "http://localhost/article/bobs-notebook-4/"
  - id: 42154
    title: "Disk Droppings"
    type: "article"
    url: "http://localhost/article/disk-droppings-7/"
  - id: 15344
    title: "New and Upcoming in 1987"
    type: "article"
    url: "http://localhost/article/new-and-upcoming-in-1987/"
  - id: 44811
    title: "RAMDisk"
    type: "article"
    url: "http://localhost/article/ramdisk/"
  - id: 45480
    title: "RAMDisk to Disk Backup"
    type: "article"
    url: "http://localhost/article/ramdisk-to-disk-backup/"
  - id: 23416
    title: "RAMDisk to Disk Backup: A Larken 2068 Utility"
    type: "article"
    url: "http://localhost/article/ramdisk-to-disk-backup-a-larken-2068-utility/"
  - id: 45450
    title: "RAMdisk-RAMdisk-RAH-RAH-RAH"
    type: "article"
    url: "http://localhost/article/ramdisk-ramdisk-rah-rah-rah/"
  - id: 23476
    title: "Other Uses for the T/S 2068 Larken RAMdisk"
    type: "article"
    url: "http://localhost/article/other-uses-for-the-t-s-2068-larken-ramdisk/"
product_reviews:
  - id: 62537
    title: "LARKEN RAMDisk for T/S 2068: A Review"
    type: "article"
    url: "http://localhost/article/larken-ramdisk-for-t-s-2068-a-review/"
adverts:
  - publication:
      - id: 26483
        title: "Update April 1988"
        type: "issue"
        url: "http://localhost/issue/ts-2068-up-date-april-1988-2/"
    advert_page: "42"
image_gallery:
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  - url: "http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Larken-ramdisk-b.gif"
companies_products:
  - id: 10843
    title: "Ed Grey Enterprises"
    type: "company"
    url: "http://localhost/company/ed-grey-enterprises/"
  - id: 11042
    title: "LARKEN Electronics"
    type: "company"
    url: "http://localhost/company/larken-electronics/"
---

# LARKEN RAMdisk

Expands the 2068 with up to 256K of nonvolatile RAM. Includes LKDOS Extended BASIC cartridge and memory board that attaches to expansion port.

LKDOS uses standard BASIC commands (LOAD, CAT, SAVE, etc) to operate the RAM disk.

Uses 32K (62256) CMOS RAM chips backed up with a battery; comes with 64K.

Compatible with Spectrum, OS-64 and disk drive systems.