Subj : Re: programming with large memory requirements
To   : comp.programming
From : Randy Howard
Date : Wed Sep 28 2005 06:19 am

Ben Pfaff wrote
(in article <878xxhc27s.fsf@benpfaff.org>):

> Randy Howard <randyhoward@FOOverizonBAR.net> 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?

Then it should be easy for you to name one.  :-) 





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