Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!usc!apple!farrier From: farrier@Apple.COM (Cary Farrier) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: Prodos symbolic Linkes (was Re: Matt D. / MAC FST) Message-ID: <38520@apple.Apple.COM> Date: 10 Feb 90 23:27:11 GMT References: <2463@ttardis.UUCP> <38482@apple.Apple.COM> <13033@fs2.NISC.SRI.COM> Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA Lines: 22 In article <13033@fs2.NISC.SRI.COM> cwilson@NISC.SRI.COM (Chan Wilson) writes: >Yup, this would require a new prodos fst, at least so these types of >files would be usable on GS/OS. Tell me, how hard would it be to >update Prodos 8 so it could know what to do with the type 5 files? Alot of P8 applications rely on things being at a fixed address in ProDOS 8 (they muck with it and patch things out, etc.). There also is not very much free room in P8 to do anything, so the task wouldn't be very easy or clean. > Chan Wilson -- cwilson@nisc.sri.com radius!cwilson@apple.com -- +---------------------------------------+---------------------------------+ | Cary Farrier | Internet : farrier@apple.com | | Apple II Systems Software Engineering | UUCP : apple!farrier | | Apple Computer, Inc. | Fax : (408) 974-1704 | | 20525 Mariani Ave. | AppleLink : FARRIER | | Cupertino, CA 95014 | or farrier@applelink.apple.com | +---------------------------------------+---------------------------------+ | I don't speak for Apple Computer, our products do. | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+