Re: What is PRODOS?

[Scott.Alfter@skunkworks.genesplicer.org (Scott Alfter)]

In article <689860@f10.n209.z1>, David Empson <dempson@actrix.gen.nz> wrote:
>They generally work seamlessly (if they work at all).  GS/OS's File
>System Translator mechanism was certainly an innovation (I'm sure
>others had done it, but it hasn't caught on until quite recently with
>the Mac and PC operating systems).

Hmm...I know there's a ProDOS FS INIT for the Mac, but I don't know if
any others exist for that machine.  I don't think MS-DOG supports any
"foreign" filesystems, but OS/2 2.x supports FAT (MS-DOG) filesystems
as well as its own HPFS.  Linux comes a bit closer to the FST
concept...kernel configuration gives you the option of compiling in
support for any or all of four "native" filesystems (Minix, ext, ext2,
and xia) and five "foreign" filesystems (FAT, HPFS, ISO-9660, NFS, and
Coherent).  I can mount a FAT filesystem (on floppy or HD) and use it
as transparently as the stuff on the hard drive.

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