Path: utzoo!utdoe!generic!pnet91!taob
From: taob@pnet91.cts.com (Brian Tao)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: System 5.0.4
Message-ID: <567@generic.UUCP>
Date: 7 Mar 91 04:45:06 GMT
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Organization: People-Net [pnet91], Etobicoke, ON
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From lucifer@world.std.com (Kevin S Green):

> That is exactly what I mused about...putting the comment in
> a resource. Much as I love the entire // line, GS/OS is
> already somewhat removed now that a number of programs use
> resources. BAbout the only stickler that I can see would be
> trying to move a text file (with get info resource) to a
> ProDOS 8 based machine for use.

    Since extended files simply use a different way of indexing the separate
forks, the problems would be solved if ProDOS 8 2.0 could handle resource
forks.  Existing programs which don't know about rez forks would be able to
read the file as before, but accessing only the data fork.

Brian T. Tao   *B-) |  t569taob@bluffs.scar.utoronto.ca  | "Though this be
U of Metro Toronto  |               - or -               |  madness, yet there
Scarberia, ON       |        taob@pnet91.cts.com         |  is method in 't."