Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!apple!farrier
From: farrier@Apple.COM (Cary Farrier)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: resource and data forks
Message-ID: <30945@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 17 May 89 18:09:27 GMT
References: <8905161922.AA00955@crash.cts.com>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
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In article <8905161922.AA00955@crash.cts.com> pnet01!pro-sol!pro-nucleus!stevef@nosc.mil writes:
>Network Comment: to #514 by pnet01!crash!apple.com!mattd
>
>Well, something I'd like to know is whether P8 will be patched so that it
>could access more than 32 meg per volume? It seems that this aspect of upgrade
>has been forgotten in the midst of the recent developments.

	It hasn't been forgotten, because the 32Mb limitation is a limitation
	imposed by the file structure ProDOS uses.  The limitation is 
	because the ProDOS filing system uses a word to identify block
	numbers, and 65535 blocks = 32Mb.  If this were to be changed, then
	the new volumes would not be readable by older versions.

Cary Farrier