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From: shankar@SRC.Honeywell.COM (Subash Shankar)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: HFS FST
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Date: 10 Feb 90 23:34:13 GMT
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In article <10198.infoapple.net@pro-generic> sysop@pro-generic.cts.com (Matthew Montano) writes:

>  There are too many allusions to an HFS FST in GS/OS Beta drafts, APW v2.0
>manual excerpts et all for it not to exist. Whether Apple feels it neccesary
>for it to be released is a different story.

Alternate conclusion -

When GS/OS was developed, Apple intended to write a Mac HFS, but when they
actually started writing it, they realized that it was totally impractical,
and abandoned the project.

At least, this is what I infer from other Usenet posts by the Apple folk.
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