Re: GS/OS FST

[ltchean@rambutan.iss.nus.sg (lim thye chean)]

In article <73965@apple.Apple.COM> dlyons@Apple.COM (David A Lyons) writes:
>In article <AWILLIS.92Nov1041412@posse.mit.edu> awillis@athena.mit.edu (Albert Willis) writes:
>>Perhaps I missed the last thread....what advantages would a 'GS/OS' FST have 
>>vs. a HFS FST?
>
>The potential advantage is mainly speed.

So, will there be newer version of FASTER HFS FST? HFS IS SLOOOOOOOOOOOOOW.

>Yet Another File System--my sentiments exactly.  A new not-compatible-with-
>anthing file system would bring unnecessary confusion to the world, as well
>as needing new experts & utilities for disk repair.

I think basically what we want is something better than ProDOS, but not as
slow as what HFS FST offers.

>Such a project is *technically* interesting to me, but not interesting in
>practice.  There's much more pressing stuff to do.

Like? 8)

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