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From: perley@trub.crd.ge.com (Donald P Perley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Another DOS for AMIGA?
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Date: 23 Feb 90 15:29:15 GMT
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In article <RFROST.90Feb19022710@spam.ua.oz.au> rfrost@cs.ua.oz.au (Richard Frost) writes:
>I would like to know if anyone has developed an alternative DOS for the
>Amiga? 


>	What I would want for the Amiga is a DOS that is FAST, ie. (Excuse
>me for saying this..) the IBM disk format which uses a File Allocation
>Table, which gives FAST directory listings! Although the FAT idea is not so
>good with hard disks which need VERY large FAT's, the use of them in floppy
>disks is quite ok.

If you want the IBM format, why not use CrossDos?  You have to live with
whatever the file name restrictions are, but you get fast directory listings
(I don't know, just taking your word on that).

Someone suggested using FACCII caching software.  The problem with that is
that: 
     1) you have to read the data the first time.
     2) it flushes the buffers if you remove the disk and put it back
        later.

I still like FACCII better than addbuffers, it is just not the ideal
solution for your complaint.

-don perley

perley@trub.crd.ge.com