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From: andy@cbmvax.UUCP (Andy Finkel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: new file system???
Message-ID: <2737@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 11-Nov-87 16:13:22 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov 11 16:13:22 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 14-Nov-87 04:43:34 EST
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Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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Keywords: vaporware??? mere speculation ?? tell me the truth...

In article <6460@sunybcs.UUCP> ugmiker@sunybcs.UUCP (Michael (what am I wood) Reilly) writes:
>Hi all...
>
>     Well, The suspense is Killing me.  IS Commodore really  com-
>ing  out  with  a new file system, or is all this talk on the net
>just idle wishing???
>
>      Can anyone tell me HARD COLD FACTS about it??? Does anybody
>KNOW (meaning  really know, not just "heard") something about iti,
>anything :-).  People at commodore, could you tell  us  something
>about  it (if it exists ????) without getting yourself into trou-
>ble, maybe just tell us either it is being worked on,or it isn't.
>

"It is not the policy of Commodore Business Machines to comment
about products that may or may not be under development."

(Guess what company I lifted that quote from :-) )

What the hell.  I guess I can take the risk, following the general
guidelines of tell 'em everything except when :-)

Yes, we're doing a fast file system for hard disk
drives.  With our controller, current read speeds are about 220K/sec.
(we seem to be .device bound, actually).  Hard drives will
have to be reformatted.  Currently, its only for hard disks.

Its very nice, and will see the light of day when the bugs
are out.

			andy
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Commodore-Amiga, Inc.

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