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From: oyster@uwmacc.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: 70 folder limit?
Message-ID: <968@uwmacc.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 27-Jan-87 14:01:10 EST
Article-I.D.: uwmacc.968
Posted: Tue Jan 27 14:01:10 1987
Date-Received: Wed, 28-Jan-87 21:29:37 EST
References: <4215@utah-cs.UUCP>
Reply-To: oyster@unix.macc.wisc.edu.UUCP (Vicarious Oyster)
Organization: UW-Madison Academic Computer Center
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Keywords: Supra hard drive, Byte

In article <4215@utah-cs.UUCP> atwell@utah-cs.UUCP (Bart L. Atwell) writes:
>Sorry to post one more on the 40 folder dead horse, but I got the
>February issue of Byte today.  As part of its review of the 1040ST,
>it had a page on the hard disks available for the ST.  Here's a quote
>from that page:
>
>	"Although the 1040ST's ROMs allow for only 40 folders on a disk,
>	 the SupraDrive's boot software installs a patch that allows 
>	 up to 70 folders."

   There are a couple possible problems with this.  First is the general lack
of accuracy of most BYTE articles I've read concerning the ST(s).  For example,
the same article states that if you're accessing a certain folder, you can't
access any other folders on that disk.  Anybody who's sat in front of an ST for
more than a few minutes knows that's just not true.  Secondly (Alan Pratt
probably won't like this), the word from a BIX developer is that the folder
problem seemed to occur around 80, so they decided that half of that was
a "safe" number.  I stress that this was merely what a knowledgable BIXer
stated he got as second-hand info, and that it isn't the official Atari word.
--

 - Joel ({allegra,ihnp4,seismo}!uwvax!uwmacc!oyster)

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   The above, unless otherwise labeled, constitutes personal opinion.