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From: henrym@nuchat.sccsi.com (Henry Malmgren)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Mac FST for GS/OS
Message-ID: <1990Dec30.161615.20458@nuchat.sccsi.com>
Date: 30 Dec 90 16:16:15 GMT
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In article <1990Dec30.010247.5220@rbdc> barry@rbdc.UUCP (Barry Newberry) writes:
>
>Has there been any talk about a Mac (MFS or HFS) FST being developed
>for GS/OS in the near future ?
>-- 

Well, there hasn't been any official announcement from apple in a press
release about new FST's, but in the Apple II Guide from Apple, it does mention
that there will shortly be new FST's.  Here's the quote:

Pg 127 after apple explains about the four current FST's (Prodos, character,
High Sierra, and Appleshare):
"Apple plans to make additional FSTs available in the future.  See "The 
Operating System" in this section for more details."

Pg 125

"Prodos 8 is now a mature system.  It probably won't change much in the future.
But GS/OS has already been expanded with the release of Apple IIgs system 
software version 5.0.  Among its new features is an AppleShare FST that
allows the operating system to use AppleShare file servers as disks.  

You can expect more of this kind of expansion for GS/OS in the future.  Early
versions of device drivers for the Apple Scanner and Apple Tape Backup unit 
are already avilable to developers.  You can expect to see additionl FSTs for
GS/OS as well, giving your existing software the capability to read disks it 
currently can't understand."