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In article <3826@pasteur.Berkeley.Edu> etruscan@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Dominik J. Schmidt) writes:
> I have just recently become a member of comp.sys.atari.st, and recently
> read a remark about possibly using the cartridge port as a ramdisk.
> Could someone please email me all the information available on that
> subject?  A ramdisk is just what I need right now.
>

On the subject of RAM DISKs,  I mean external RAM "DRIVES";

Some of you may remember Glen Stone, and his chip which he called
Stonehenge,  well the chip ( and a PCB ) is real and will be made
available with in 2-3 weeks.

Points of interest;

 connects to the dma port (hard disk)

 devices can be daisy-chained, i.e. RAM DRIVEs or Hard Drives ( your
 hard drive must support pass-thru, else put it last )

 2Meg with 256K parts,   8Meg with 1M parts


Dwell on this;

 Daisy-chain 7 RAM DRIVEs for a total of 56MEG of very fast external
 storage.


Comments;

 I ran "showpic" on the RAM DRIVE, it was able to display the frames
 fast enough for animation.

 The RAM DRIVE was sized, formated and installed with the Supra Hard Disk
 utilities.


Nity Grity;

 The chip, a PCB, and docs will be offered as a kit.  A support kit will also
 be offered that will include some hard to get parts, like the DB19s,
 the PGA socket, maybe the xtal.  In addition a power supply will be
 made available.  Power requirements are 5V at 2A with good transient current
 response.  

 A completely packaged ready to plug in product will be available in 2-3 months.
 Watch for  the    "Maximum STrive"


For more info;

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