Yup, and I think a RAM disk might have been faster than the solid state "disks" we use now. I installed a 512KB RAMdisk board into the 8080 machine, I think I was up to DOS 3.1 by then. It was an AVL Genesis PC clone.
On Sat, Jun 6, 2020 at 1:42 PM Jim Cathey via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Any CP/M machine could support a ramdisk, you just needed a bank-switched > ram > board (the hard part) and a tiny driver. > > I had an original Mac that I bumped up to 512KB, along with a 1MB ramdisk > and > later a SCSI port. For a machine that was tuned until floppy operation > was basically > acceptable, a ramdisk made the thing an absolute screamer. Nothing > they've made > since until the SSD-based laptops was ever as fast in operation. > > You just had to remember to copy your data onto actual magnetic storage > before you shut down! > > -- Jim > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > -- OK Don "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." Mark Twain “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.” Wernher Von Braun 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
