Re: MS-DOS FST?

[jmk3@crux3.cit.cornell.edu (Jay Krell)]

>As for the resource stuff, why do we need to have resourced files on MS DOS
>disks? For general use, the ProDOS FST will still be used because it has
>longer filenames and is generally a better file system, so the MS-DOS one is
>mostly for conversion.
>
>Not that resources should exist in the first place.. nothing but problems,
>a stupid idea from Apple.
 
Resources are quite handy.
 
Your suggestion of not supporting them on writable GS/OS volumes would cause
problems. Programs presently assume that any disk they can write to, they can
write resources to and aren't prepared to deal with "write protect" errors more
specific than that a disk is completely write protected. Apple has a correct
tendency to keep things as documented, esp. in light of all the unmaintained
software.
 
 

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  --Jay, jay.krell@cornell.edu