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From: dant@ryptyde.UUCP (Daniel Tracy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: De-macification of the Amiga (Re: The Amiga's Future)
Message-ID: <85@ryptyde.UUCP>
Date: 22 Jun 91 00:40:42 GMT
References: <50849@ut-emx.uucp> <1991Jun20.005257.9400@sugar.hackercorp.com> <50885@ut-emx.uucp> <1991Jun20.175529.21808@Sugar.NeoSoft.com>
Reply-To: dant@ryptyde.UUCP (Daniel Tracy)
Organization: Ryptyde Timesharing (ryptyde.cts.com)
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Responding to the following:

"No, it's exactly the same operation to read an IFF file header and to scan
a resource fork for a file type. Except that the file "type" in the IFF header
allows interchange with other systems.The factt hat IFF is defined in a
system independent manner is yet another advantage..."

No, the file type of a Macintosh file is kept in the file header as well.