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From: lmb7421@ultb.UUCP (L.M. Barstow)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: question
Message-ID: <925@ultb.UUCP>
Date: 14 Jun 89 17:12:02 GMT
References: <8906132356.AA22785@crash.cts.com> <32419@apple.Apple.COM>
Reply-To: lmb7421@ultb.UUCP (L.M. Barstow (674SPS))
Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology, Information Systems
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In article <32419@apple.Apple.COM> farrier@Apple.COM (Cary Farrier) writes:
>In article <8906132356.AA22785@crash.cts.com> pnet01!pro-nsfmat!pro-lep!kermie@nosc.mil writes:
>>MSDOS fsts and an official disk
>>format GS.OS FSTS to be released with the final version of 5.0 
>	The only new FST on System Disk 5.0 will be the AppleShare FST.
>	What do you mean by "an official disk format GS.OS FSTS"?
I haven't heard about any plans to release either of these products, but
I would like to comment...
1) we can't read MSDOS disks with the drives we have for the GS, and so,
   an MSDOS FST is not likely until there is a working MSDOS drive which
   works sans PC-Transporter (R), and a driver to support it.

2) It would be nice to see a native-mode FST (something akin to Mac HFS
but taking advantage of what the GS needs are and what GS/OS is capable
of...

For example...
  a) GS/OS can handle any length (within reasonable limits) filename, 
     with any characters possible (as opposed to ProDOS, which is, IMHO,
     Extremely limited.)
  b) GS/OS can handle volumes of large size (2 TBlocks!?), which, could
     conceivably come in handy with the advent of larger hard drives and
     more importantly, CD-read/write drives (due this winter to the
     public market?), whereas the current volume restrictions are 32 Meg

I could go on here, but instead of taking up more bandwidth, I think you
get the point.  GS/OS is capable of much more than the ProDOS FST allows
it.

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