Re: ProDOS amd Mac system 8.n and above

["Robert Thomas" <rthomas@wwlnk.net>]

If you have the file://e card installed in the 578, then you must have the
ProDOS File System extension installed in the extensions folder. Do you have
it installed in the OS 8.n extensions folder?

"you" <you@somehost.somedomain> wrote in message
news:nhst8.439$LA3.131543@news.uswest.net...
>
> >> 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
>