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From: nicholaA@moravian.EDU
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: FSTs
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Date: 14 Apr 89 18:56:28 GMT
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>Alan H. Stein (stein@uconnvm) writes:
>> [stuff about mac programs to transfer files deleted]
>>  In the meantime, where are our HFS and Dos 3.3 FSTs?

>Or, for that matter, an FST for Mac disks and MS-DOS disks.  I _know_ that
>the regular old Apple 3.5" disk drive can read and write on MSDOS disks,
>our PC-Transporter does it.  It doesn't require the Apple Superdrive to
>read and write MSDOS.  I am aware, by the way, that if you format an MSDOS
>disk w/ the 3.5" drive that _some_, but not all, IBM 3.5" drives won't be
>able to read it.  It would still be a _HUGE_ benefit just to be able to
>read and write directly to/from MSDOS 3.5" disks.

Ok, first, an HFS FST would allow you to read and write to Mac disks.  HFS
stands for (H)ierarchical (F)ile (S)ystem, and it's what the mac currently
uses to store its files...

Second, no, your Apple 3.5" drive cannot read MS-DOS disks without the proper
controlling circuitry -- ie, you'll _need_ a Pc Transporter to read an MS-DOS
disk.  The port on the back of a "regular" GS just doesn't cut it.

And, quite frankly, I would rather see Apple's resources going into something
like the HFS FST which everyone can use rather than an MS-DOS FST for the PcT
which only a few can people can use.

>Anyone at Apple know of any new FSTs coming down the line?  If so, what and
>when?  (And please don't give me any "non-disclosure" stuff.  After all,
>_everybody_ knew that GS/OS was coming out, and when, before it did.... :)

Almost everyone at Apple _always_ knows what's coming down the line, but they
cannot, and in most cases, WILL NOT tell you.  Why can't you just accept that
Apple is not in the business of rumor-mongering its own projects?

>Kevin Lepard

andy

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