Mac OS 8 inherits GS/OS features

[webmaster@cardshow.com (Michael Guitton)]

: The Mac OS 8 Files Environment 1-5
: Draft. Copyright Apple Computer, Inc. 4/30/96
: 
: [...]
: 
: Support for Volume-Format Plug-ins
:___________________________________________________________________________
: 
: The Mac OS 8 File Manager does not include code that is specific to a
: particular volume format. Instead, it dispatches messages to plug-ins that
: handle the I/O for a specific volume format. To facilitate support for
: different volume types,
: 
: Apple Computer provides several plug-ins for volume formats. The Mac OS 8
: File Manager supports
: o HFS
: o AppleTalk Filing Protocol (AFP),
:   which allows access to AppleShare and Personal FileShare volumes
: o DOS FAT
: o These common CD-ROM formats:
:    o High Sierra
:    o ISO 9960
:    o Photo CD
:    o Audio CD
: o Other third-party formats, such as Novell�s NetWare
: 
: Use of Notification Services
:___________________________________________________________________________
: 
: Mac OS 8 provides an event notification system that allows code modules to
: publish the occurrence of particular events. Other code modules can
: subscribe to be notified when specific events occur. Notification of
: events may be exchanged among the following files-related code modules:
: o File Manager
: o volume-format plug-ins
: o clients of the File Manager (applications, servers, and so forth)
: o the block storage, SCSI, and other I/O families
: 
: [...]

GS/OS File System Translator <=> Mac OS 8 Volume-Format Plug-ins.

Too bad there is NO ProDOS plug-in planned by Apple.

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Michael
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