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From: dlyons@Apple.COM (David Lyons)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Sys Disk 5.0 Files
Message-ID: <33119@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 13 Jul 89 18:59:38 GMT
References: <8907121556.AA03760@crash.cts.com>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
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In article <8907121556.AA03760@crash.cts.com> pnet01!pro-sol!mmunz@nosc.mil writes:
>Why can't Apple just update PRODOS to support deleting of extended files..
>it seems like that would be the simplest solution.
>
>Of course, it may be that not allowing PRODOS 8 to support extended files
>(without doing everything manually) is part of some plot to kill the 8-bit
>Apple ... then again.. ;-)

Then again...maybe there isn't *room* for the code.  16K isn't just gobs of
room for an OS.  DESTROY isn't the only command that could conceivably be
modified to deal with extended files--as soon as people could delete the
things, they'd also want to be able to OPEN the forks & work with them, so
most of the calls would need changes.  Considering that there still wouldn't
be a resource manager under ProDOS 8, how useful would it be?

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