Re: PFSwrite question

[David Orriss Jr <daorriss@my-deja.com>]

In article <37CF678A.8AF680DD@ucsd.edu>,
  Eric Goldlust <goldlust@ucsd.edu> wrote:
>
> I know of a utility from 1986 that works on versions of PFSwrite which
> were Pascal-based, but I have no idea if my 1984 version is Pascal-
based
> or not... Does anyone have any clue?

Yes, your 1984 version of PFS:Write was most likely Pascal-based.  Most
of the versions of PFS:Write were.  In fact, the Pascal used was
actually based on UCSD's own p-System...  :-)

The easiest way to tell if your version of PFS:Write is pascal-based is
to try to look at your Data disk using PRO-DOS.  If you can read files
in it, then it's a newer PRO-DOS based version of PFS:Write.  However,
if you get a read error, then it's using the Pascal File System.  You
can verify *that* if you have a copy of Apple Pascal lying around.  My
(vague) recollection (it's been 13 years) was that the data disks were
actually written in the Apple Pascal disk directory format.

Hope this helps.



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