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Re: Apple// CP/M question

Subject: Re: Apple// CP/M question
From: dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 10:34:23 +1300
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Mike Pfaiffer <pfaiffer@mts.net> wrote:

> I wonder if it is possible to create a CP/M fst for the GS?

Sure, it would be possible in theory.  The problem is that Apple never
published any documentation on how to write an FST, so the only way to
do it would be to reverse engineer one or more of the existing ones
and/or GS/OS itself.

It would be much easier to write an application which accesses the disk
using block I/O calls.  Chameleon (a ProDOS-8 shareware program) already
supports CP/M disks, so I don't see much demand for a native GS/OS
application which duplicates this functionality.

References:
- Apple// CP/M question
  - From: Mike Pfaiffer <pfaiffer@mts.net>
- Re: Apple// CP/M question
  - From: "Henry Broekhuyse" <broekh@unixg.ubc.ca>
- Re: Apple// CP/M question
  - From: "Peter Watson" <paw77@NOhotmailSPAM.com>
- Re: Apple// CP/M question
  - From: Mike Pfaiffer <pfaiffer@mts.net>

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