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Chapter 5, Reference (Alphabetical)

RAM

RAM disk is a section of internal memory that acts much like a flexible disk.

Programs can be stored, re-stored, erased, and retrieved.

The RAM disk is partitioned into four separate volumes; 0-3. Each volume is

treated as a separate ‘disk’. You can also specify the size of each disk in 256-byte

increments.

The four RAM disk volumes are designated

:MEMORY,0,0 to :MEMORY,0,3. For

example, to catalogue the contents of RAM disk volume ‘0’ from the

IBASIC

Cntrl

screen, enter

CAT “:MEMORY,0,0”

Volume 0’s contents can be viewed and loaded from the three screens mentioned

at the beginning of this section. Volumes 1, 2, and 3 can only be accessed from the

IBASIC Controller.

NOTE: RAM Disk Erasure

Any existing programs or formatting on RAM is erased if you use the RAM_MNG

or COPY_PL ROM programs, or the SERVICE screen’s RAM Initialize

function.

Therefore, you should only use RAM disks for short-term storage of files.