Re: ProDOS misc. questions

[dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)]

In article <h475574@pro-palmtree.cts.com>, rder@pro-palmtree.cts.com
(Richard Der) wrote:

> 
>dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) wrote:
>>The file system is able to cope with an arbitrary number of blocks for
>>the root directory.  In fact, on the /RAM volume, ProDOS only allocates
>>one block for the root directory, which gives you space for 12 files.
> 
>You are right. There is a way to expand the root directory past 51
>files.

Back in 1984 (gee, was it that far back?), I wrote a program which sets up
a ProDOS disk with an arbitrary directory size.  I don't remember having
any problems in that area, so I suspect the ProDOS version at the time
(1.0.1) was able to cope with unusual numbers of blocks.  Low-level
utility programs would be a different story.

I don't think I've tried using it since then for anything nonstandard.

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