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From: alfter@uns-helios.nevada.edu (SCOTT ALFTER)
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Subject: Re: a2fx/hfslink
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Date: 6 Oct 90 03:42:00 GMT
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In article <0b3AHHq00VpH41JFRO@andrew.cmu.edu> jh4o+@andrew.cmu.edu (Jeffrey T. Hutzelman) writes:
>above once the conversion was done.  Also, neither program supports the
>idea of converting forked Mac files to forked ProDOS files (a la GS/OS),

There is no such thing as a forked ProDOS file.  ProDOS 8 does not support
forked files; those are GS/OS-only animals.  The Mac-to-II conversion programs
would have to be made GS-specific to make forked files, and we don't want that
to happen--it's better to make a program capable of running on the least
amount of hardware necessary.  (HFSLink runs in 64K, for example.)  Besides,
there ought to be some program for you GS folks that'll take an AppleSingle
or AppleDouble file and turn it into a GS/OS forked file.

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