RAM DISK?

[amigamad]

Still, I --really-- don't want to see any pc posting myself. In fact our moderators should've stepped in and remove this entire thread, IMO. It really is off topic and most likely should be placed in "Talk-About". Windows and Apple sole tech-help have no purpose on this site unless you're installing them on your Amiga.

But most users are using pc,s so it is still relevant to ask pc and  Apple  questions .

[mikeymike]

pc users are so aggressive...

No, that's just people in general.

And coming from an Amiga-related forum, that is a tad hypocritical :-)

[mikeymike]

None of both Ram Disks mentioned here for PC have the most important feature of the Amiga's Ram Disk: they are not dynamic, you have to assign how much memory you want to use, while in Amiga it assigns or frees automatically the memory it uses or doesn't use.

Correct, but that's WIndows for you.  Actually, probably most memory-protected operating systems as well, but I can't come up with a decent explanation why that might be the case.

[vortexau]

Just remember: a Winbox uses RAM
like an Irishman drinks whisky!



(Note- this posting configuired using the RAM Disk on an A2000)

[vortexau]

-Edited! Double post-



(This double-posting can result when posting on AmigaOrg on an Amiga)
Maybe they are TOO fast?

[DoomMaster]

Why don't you just buy yourself an Amiga?  Then you will have a REAL Amiga Ram Disk!     :-D

[Atheist]

amigaguy wrote:
The ability to leave a window behind other windows, but still have the focus on that window in back (i.e. being able to type in a window without having it automatically pop to the front when you click on it).  What I wouldn't give to have this ability on Win2000 at work.

I thought I was overlooking some clever place they hid that setting, for me to change (win xp).

amigaguy wrote:

Just a couple of my favorite little Amiga features.

1 of 101+ !!!

AmigaOne! AOS4.0, and 1000 pieces of shareware, what more does one need? :-D  :-D

[Cyberus]

like an Irishman drinks whisky!

Only the Scots make whisky  :-P

[Dagon]

The Amiga Ram disk is dynamic, that is when you throw a 200k file in it, it allocates only 200k the other memory remains to the system/ when you delete it the memory is released.
In windows I believe is static, that is that if you allocate 100mb of ram disk then you loose it until you decide to unmount it.

That is the main difference I believe of the Amiga Ram disk and the other systems ram disk.

So you can`t "create a ram disk for Windows 2000 pro that runs and acts the same as on the Amiga?"
(correct me if I`m wrong)

:EDIT:
(I didn`t see that there was a second page in this topic :-) Ferry said already about dynamic Ram Disk)

[mikeymike]

@ DanDude

Still, I --really-- don't want to see any pc posting myself. In fact our moderators should've stepped in and remove this entire thread, IMO. It really is off topic and most likely should be placed in "Talk-About". Windows and Apple sole tech-help have no purpose on this site unless you're installing them on your Amiga.

I think you'll find most of the visitors to Amiga.org (looking at the last browser stats, I'd say 60 - 70%) use PCs.  The fact that the ramdisk is one of the advantages that Amiga users have enjoyed without jumping through obscure configuration loops, people want those advantages, if possible with the OSs they use currently.  I've moved the thread to 'Alternative Operating Systems', merely as a point of accuracy.