Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!aplcen!haven!grebyn!ckp From: ckp@grebyn.com (Checkpoint Technologies) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Another DOS for AMIGA? Summary: You really want a new FS Message-ID: <19404@grebyn.com> Date: 19 Feb 90 16:07:04 GMT References: Reply-To: ckp@grebyn.UUCP (Checkpoint Technologies) Distribution: comp.sys.amiga Organization: Grebyn Timesharing, Vienna, VA, USA Lines: 17 In article rfrost@cs.ua.oz.au (Richard Frost) writes: >I would like to know if anyone has developed an alternative DOS for the >Amiga? I recall a rumour that the Software Distillery had created one. I would >like to know about this as I have had my Amiga for over 3 years now and I had >just about enough of it! We all know of FFS but it was not the improvement I >was looking for! I know what you mean. What you really want is a new file system, not a new DOS. (A new DOS will be available shortly, it's called Unix; and there are still rumors of Minix and OS9 though I believe those will not come to fruition.) Were you to receive a new DOS youd complain that all your programs no longer worked. With a new filesystem you'll preserve your software investment. And now, having said that - as far as I know, there are no alternative file systems besides FFS and Cross-DOS (which gives you a 720K MS-DOS-format floppy drive).