[Coco] myram.dr

[coco at jechar.ca]

My source was the latest Nitros build disk 80 track DD for real cocos or 
emulators.
It does not have documentation, probably because so much is being jammed 
on a 720K
disk. Thanks I will check your website.

On 2020-09-21 10:51, Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Monday 21 September 2020 10:27:38 coco at jechar.ca wrote:
> 
>>   Does anyone know where I would find the documentation for the myram
>>   ramdisk driver and descriptor so I can set up a ramdisk.
>> 
>>   Charlie
> 
> I wrote that long ago.
> 
> Is there not a README in that file?
> 
> Basically you add both the driver and the descriptor to your boot file.
> The descriptors comments should tell you what to do with /r0, using
> dmode to set its size in 8k blocks.  Its self formating on the first
> access which takes a few milliseconds, then its ready for use. To
> recover ALL the memory it uses, deiniz it.  Every byte is released.
> Usable on a 512k machine, but really gets up to full power on a 2 meg
> disto equipt machine like mine was/is.  Its died, I suspect from dried
> out caps, as it wasn't turned off for 30 years unless the power went
> out.
> 
> That README still exists on my web page in the sig, help yourself.  
> Under
> os9-stf IIRC.
> 
> Cheers, Gene Heskett
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