Re: ProDOS amd Mac system 8.n and above

[you@somehost.somedomain (you)]

>> Is there a technical reason that filesharing and ProDOS are incompatable?
>
>The original implementation of ProDOS (as used by ProDOS-8) wouldn't be
>compatible with AppleShare, because the server needs to write
>Mac-specific information onto each writeable volume, including filenames
>which exceed the ProDOS limitations.
>

David: 
So a ProDOS would not be SHAREABLE. Ok I see that ...BUT
why not even MOUNTABLE on a 8.n Finder?
  I have a old Performa 578 (well it started life as a 578 but I have done 
horrible things to it ;).  THis Machine sports a Apple IIe card on its 
motherboard and among other things a 40 meg 40SC external drive formated in 
ProDOS.  The machine is running System, 7.5.3 (or is it .5?  Gotta boot that 
puppy and see) yeah 7.5.5 and right here on the desktop: cute II icon for the 
40 meg.  Oh and the beast is running Appleshare 3.0.3 too. <-- another thing on 
that external SCSI is a Asante EN/SC so I can share the system as a bootable 
sever with my OTHER IIe's and generally ethernet around my Network from Heck, 
Oh and a LT Bridge runs on the Quadra 950 over there too..

Now, How come System 8 can't do that?

>> on a related note:,,,,,
>
>Yeah, right.  :-)
>
>Someone would have to write the appropriate foreign file system support
>code (as a kernel extension or whatever), provide a 'mount_prodos'
>utility, and modify whatever else is needed to recognise the volume.
Worm is firmly upon tounge...... I await with baited breath?  <duck>  ;)

-Bart