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Re: ProDOS Plus
- Subject: Re: ProDOS Plus
- From: mdj <mdj.mdj@gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2007 05:39:32 -0000
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On Jun 30, 11:50 am, "Bryan Parkoff" <nos...@nospam.com> wrote:
> >> As for actual file system support, it should have P8 and Smartport
> >> compatibility, original HFS and possibly FAT16.
>
> >> Now the questions arise.
>
> > Right. I think by adding HFS to the list, you've "blown the budget".
> > This is no longer a simple extension. FAT16 may also be in this
> > category. Even increasing the maximum size of a ProDOS(+) volume
> > may be well beyond the scope of a "simple extension".
>
> I try to remember. Beneath to ProDOS manual states to limit 65,536
> blocks per volume. I think that ProDOS is designed to read only 8 bit width
> byte.
The block limit only exists within the ProDOS filesystem itself.
ProDOS 8 V1.5+ can access larger volumes via AppleTalk. See an
AppleTalk reference for a description of the ProDOS Filing Interface
that allows this.
Matt