Article 1554 of comp.sys.amiga:
Path: well!perry
From: perry@well.UUCP (Perry S. Kivolowitz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: ASDG Recoverable Ram Disk News
Keywords: It Is Coming!
Message-ID: <2445@well.UUCP>
Date: 21 Jan 87 23:25:45 GMT
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I plan to work on creating uuencoded shar files for the ASDG Recoverable Ram
Disk  tonight. This  means the net might see a posting before Friday of this
week.

What Is The ASDG Recoverable Ram Disk?

It is an AmigaDOS device driver which implements a completely DOS compatible
(unlike ram:)  disk device in  memory. Unlike ram:, the ASDG recoverable ram
disk survives resets, guru's, and crashes. That  is,  after the guru visits,
one simply reboots to find the full contents of the ram disk still in tact.

Is The ASDG Recoverable Ram Disk Tied To ASDG Hardware?

It was since its first  shipping  in August of 1986. However, I have removed
dependencies on the ASDG  hardware (which amounted only to looking at serial
numbers) for the public version.

Will The ASDG Recoverable Ram Disk Work With Anyone's Hardware?

It should, unless the memory board designer was totally inept and caused the
ram to become mashed when system resets take place.

Will The ASDG Recoverable Ram Disk Work With NO Fast Ram At All?

Yes. I put in this feature knowing  that a lot of people don't have fast ram
expansion boards yet but could still benefit from a recoverable ram disk.

Is The ASDG Recoverable Ram Disk In The Public Domain?

NOOOOOO. It is not. ASDG Incorporated retains all rights to the software. We
are specifically not releasing it  to the public domain so that we may main-
tain at least some legally enforcable  control over who may and may not dis-
tribute this product.

Who Can Distribute This Product?

	(1)	Networks and BBS's run by non-vending entities.
	(2)	User Groups (for non-profit benefit).
	(3)	Fred Fish (he...and he alone).

	[Editor note:  While putting together the third disk
	in the "GoldFish" series, I contacted Perry directly
	and was given explicit permission to place this material
	on the disk set to be distributed by Commodore for
	promotional purposes.   Fred Fish, 28-Jul-87]

Who Cannot Distribute This Product?

	(1)	No vendor or hardware or software may distribute this 
		product under any guise or pretense. Especially you Ed.
	(2)	People who repackage Fred Fish's work for a quick buck.

Does The ASDG Recoverable Ram Disk Cost Anything?

	We'd appreciate a payment of 10 bucks sent to ASDG. This is optional,
of course, but if the product saves  hours  of your work that would have been
lost due to a guru, don't you think 10 bucks is a small price to part with?

	Sending a  payment to ASDG also will make you registered owner of the
Recoverable Ram Disk  which  means  we'll  answer your questions and keep you
informed about new releases of  the  recoverable  ram disk and other software
and hardware products.

	People say the  shareware  concept is dead. I'm betting a substantial
product that it isn't. Keep Shareware alive. If you find  the recoverable ram
disk a life saver (and you probably will), send a donation.

Why Is ASDG Doing This?

	Several reasons:

	(1)	I promised  I would (to  people  on  the Well) when I was
		developing the recoverable ram disk.
	(2)	I am a big  believer  in user  supported software (anyone
		remember Scrimper, SSV, Balls and a lot of other programs
		I've contributed to the public).
	(3)	It'll demonstrate that  ASDG  is  the only hardware house
		in the Amiga market with  a  bona-fide software expertise
		in house. Good hardware is good to have. But...good hard-
		ware with good software is *great* to have.

Sorry to be so  long but...watch comp.sys.amiga for the recoverable ram
disk posting.

Perry S. Kivolowitz
  ASDG Incorporated