Re: ProDOS' Block Index Question

[mjmahon@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon)]

ground.ecn AppleII Librarian replied:

>In article <20040217145313.01682.00000502@mb-m24.aol.com>,
>Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote:
>>
>>This suggests that the Volume Directory might be easily enlarged beyond
>>51 files by chaining additional blocks to block 5.  Although it is possible
>>that the Volume Directory is handled differently than a subdirectory from
>>the point of view of automatic extension, it seems likely that directory
>>pointer following would not be special-cased.  Hmmm.
>>
>
>Of course this is possible.  The problems occur with utilities to format
>ProDOS volumes, or repair volumes.  These almost always assume 4-block
>root directories.  But almost all programs work fine with a odd volume
>directory. 

Yes, I expected problems with utilities--as with all "non-standard"
disk formats.

Thanks for reminding me about the Appleworks 3.0 5.25" disk
trick--I haven't thought about that for a long time.  ;-)

-michael

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