Re: hfs files

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"Adalbert Goertz" <goertza@fatalerr.com> wrote:

>Why would someone want to read hfs files on a //GS?
>What types of hfs files can be USED on a //GS?

IIGS files, of course.  Any Apple IIGS program that uses
GS/OS can be stored and generates documents that can
be stored on an HFS partition.

What avantage is that, you ask?  For one thing, file names
can be longer than 15 characters and have spaces.  You
can save your AppleWorks GS page layout document
as "Apple User Group Newsletter" rather than "A2.UG.NL"
if you were using HFS instead of ProDOS, for example.
The second advantage is that HFS breaks the 32MB per
partition barrier...and replaces it with the ability to make
and use 2GB (2000MB) partitions!

If you regularly use programs that generate large (as
in around 1MB) files, such as HyperCard or HyperStudio,
then you will appreciate something that does not need
a separate partition to store more than 32 to 40 files.

Lastly, the ability to read and write HFS means that IIGS
users can exchange text files, TrueType fonts, audio
files, and graphics files (such as GIFs) with Mac users.

I use a 1GB hard drive on my IIGS.  It is formatted into
a few partitions, possible because HFS can use large
partitions.  If I had to use ONLY ProDOS partitions, my
Finder desktop would be filled with partitions.  It wouldn't
look any better even in the menu setting of ProSel either,
scrolling down a long list of partitions.