Subj : Re: programming with large memory requirements To : comp.programming From : Ben Pfaff Date : Tue Sep 27 2005 09:15 pm Randy Howard writes: > Martin Eisenberg wrote > (in article <1127839821.553969@ostenberg.wh.uni-dortmund.de>): > >> KRK wrote: >> >>> Is there any sort of "External RAM" that can be loaded, and >>> treated from within a program as if it is a hard drive (i.e >>> using C statements like fopen() and fread() ) using a regular 32 >>> bit PC? >> >> If you have the main memory, use something called RAM drive or >> Ramdisk. There are lots of products.0 > > Let me know when you locate a ram drive for a 32-bit box that > supports 9GB ramdisks. If your 32-bit box supports 9 GB RAM, then there's little reason to believe it wouldn't support 9 GB RAM disks. Why not? -- Ben Pfaff email: blp@cs.stanford.edu web: http://benpfaff.org .