Re: MS-DOS FST?

[philip@utstat.toronto.edu (Philip McDunnough)]

In article <jmk3.735970979@crux1.cit.cornell.edu> jmk3@crux3.cit.cornell.edu (Jay Krell) writes:

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>There _is_ a resource fork file format for Windows. I wonder if this could be
>adopted somehow. Or if something like the ProDOS method could be used. Any
>ideas?

But when transferring a program to a foreign OS, all the information ( about
a Windows' program) gets tranferred in one data part. None of this division
into 2. So, I can install and run Windows' programs on a NeXT running an
AFP complient server, and the PC running an Appletalk client program, but I
cannot do the same with GS programs. In fact this issue of data and resource
parts is a source of constant hassle when transferring Mac files to other 
platforms. The same is true for the GS. If it weren't for this creator and
file type business I could easily run GS software off a Unix server without
worrying about whether or not the AFP program has implemented the GS file
type extensions (which they never do, except for Apple).

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Philip McDunnough
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