Re: What is PRODOS?

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

In article <290_9410020740@genesplicer.org>,
Scott Alfter <Scott.Alfter@skunkworks.genesplicer.org> wrote:
> In article <689860@f10.n209.z1>, David Empson <dempson@actrix.gen.nz> wrote:
> >They generally work seamlessly (if they work at all).  GS/OS's File
> >System Translator mechanism was certainly an innovation (I'm sure
> >others had done it, but it hasn't caught on until quite recently with
> >the Mac and PC operating systems).
> 
> Hmm...I know there's a ProDOS FS INIT for the Mac, but I don't know if
> any others exist for that machine.

Yes, MS-DOS file system extensions work similarly.

The Mac has a very simple "hook" mechanism which allows other file
systems to be tacked in.  This appears in the Mac Plus, along with HFS
(I think).

GS/OS was designed from ground up with the idea of FSTs, so the
mechanism is a lot tidier.

> I don't think MS-DOG supports any "foreign" filesystems

Only by patching various calls.  I think mechanisms were added in
later versions to make this easier.
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