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From: sgt@alice.UucP (Steve Tell)
Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga
Subject: Re: DOS File system philosophy
Message-ID: <5452@alice.uUCp>
Date: Tue, 13-May-86 21:18:38 EDT
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Posted: Tue May 13 21:18:38 1986
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Since device drivers (including the filesystem) on the amiga
are tasks, shouldn't it be possible to write such a task
that used the trackdisk device and implemented some other
kind of file system on a raw disk?
Then everyone who wants to try out another kind of filesystem
can do it, and provide us with some real information on what's better.
It would also open the door for remote file systems, etc.

I suppose you might have a bit of trouble keeping the existing filesystem
task out of your way.

Anyone who knows more about this care to comment, and say if this is
easy, hard, or insane?