Re: Disassembling an FST...

[supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer)]

Marlin Allred <ma@is6.slc.unisys.com> wrote:

>But how well would existing applications work with this enhanced FST?

Well, for GS specific apps, this will not be an issue.  If it works with HFS,
then it suggests that that app is not file system specific and will work with
ProDOS+/GSFAT.

However, if you are talking about ProDOS 8 programs, that's an
interesting question.

How difficult would it be, in addition to an FST, to rewrite a ProDOS
*OS* that can be booted and used to run existing 8-bit apps.  Even
if it can only be used on a IIGS, it would be useful.  More than that,
coupled with the ProDOS+/GSFAT FST, you could launch an 8-bit
program on such a volume (which could be well larger than 32MB)
and it would run the program under the enhanced ProDOS *OS*
on the large ProDOS+/GSFAT volume.