Intermec 6100 Reference Guide

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If using a RAM drive, you will trade off execution and disk" storage space.

First determine the amount of execution space needed and then use the

balance for the RAM drive.  Of course, the RAM drive must be large enough

to contain DOS, Windows, the application, the data files, and the files

created during execution.  If the numbers do not add up, you need to considĆ

er an increase in RAM size.

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The RAM drive can only be formatted in 1 megabyte increments; but you

should consider the minimum RAM size (for the PEN*KEY 6000 Series

Computer) in order to run Windows applications without PC Card storage,

is 8 MB; of which at least 4 MB should be devoted to execution space, leavĆ

ing 4 MB for the RAM drive.

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You can have one RAM Drive, with a maximum size (as specified in the

RAM Drive paragraph, in the Getting Started section of this publication).

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The PEN*KEY 6000 Series Computer offers SanDisk and flash memory

cards that can dramatically increase the space available for storing applicaĆ

tion files.  A PC Card solution also eliminates the requirement for a RAM

drive, freeing onĆboard memory for use as execution space.

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Even if you plan to have all files on a PC Card drive, you must be certain

that you have enough RAM for execution.  In these configurations, it is not

possible to increase the size of executable RAM without hardware modificaĆ

tion or replacement.  You can easily add external storage, but you cannot

easily add more RAM.

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Storing data on a PC Card is usually safer, and less prone to data loss.