Re: Bug(?) in 6.0.1 Pascal FST

[webmaster@cardshow.com (Michael Guitton)]

In article <4t1plq$3o@blackice.winternet.com>, nathan@parka.winternet.com
(Nathan Mates) wrote:

> Well, I was trying to copy some files from some old Pascal data disks,
> but 6.0.1's Pascal FST didn't recognize them. A sector dump of the
> disk's table of contents showed it was a valid Psacal disk. Of course,
> smelling a bug, I couldn't resist hunting it down. After a quick litle
> tracking in the FST code, it seems like the Pascal FST thinks that
> anything with some punctuation in the disk name is not a valid disk.
> A quick little work convinced it otherwise, so the disk "MEGAA-3"
> is recognized.
> 
>[deletia]
>
Could you describe the whole patch of the FST code in
comp.sys.apple2.programmer?

Would it be possible to patch the FST directly (like it was done for the
HFS FST)?

There is the same kind of problem with the High Sierra FST as well. A
patch by Jawaid Bazyar was available through GS+.

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Michael
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