[Coco] RAM disks for the Nocan board, Collyer Vavasour, and MESS systems

[Ray Watts]

Bob,    I, for one, will be VERY interested in accessing the remaining 
6mb in my NO-CAN board.  Have not figured out how to physically 
accomplish the task and would be delighted if you did.

Griz


Robert Gault wrote:

> I am in the process of writing a new version of the OS-9 program 
> Rammer to access the extra memory above 2Megs for Paul T. Barton's 
> Nocan boards and for the MESS and Collyer/Vavasour emulators.
>
> The versions for Paul's boards are not ready for distribution but I 
> have working versions for MESS and the Collyer emulators. These new 
> RAM disks do not us any OS-9 memory for the RAM disk and very little 
> memory for the driver/descriptor. The MESS RAM disk is 6Megs and the 
> Collyer RAM disk is 14Megs.
>
> The size of the RAM disk is controlled by the descriptor. So it is 
> trivial to alter the number of cylinders with dmode or dEd.
>
> If there is any interest in this new Rammer, let me know. I'm not sure 
> of the best method of distribution or interest level.
>
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