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Re: Ramdisks in high memory

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From: jabusch
Date: Thu, 15 May 1986 13:23
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	If you have a little money to spend, you could purchase Microsoft
Windows.  It comes with a ramdisk that will load into either extended or
expanded memory, if memory serves me correctly.  Windows can use this for
swapping processes in and out of the 640 space DOS uses for work.  However,
I have used the same ramdisk in my path as a test, storing commands that I
use a lot, and had no problems with it.  Microsoft would have you believe
that it's better than VDISK.SYS...
	The nice thing is that with the $99 you get, you also get Windows,
which does have some merit.  You don't need a mouse to run it, although
you really want one if you use the bundled paint program.  The rest of the
programs run fine without a mouse, though.

<put your disclaimer here>
John Jabusch
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