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- From: Herbert_Fung@mindlink.bc.ca (Herbert Fung)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Subject: System 6.0.1 Ethernet and MS-DOS FST
- Message-ID: <13769@mindlink.bc.ca>
- Date: 27 Jul 92 04:44:52 GMT
- Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
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- I found this on my User Group BBS and I thought I'd share it with you all:
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- Apple publicly announces MS-DOS FST for Apple IIGS
- A2 CENTRAL SUMMER CONFERENCE 1992 ("KANSASFEST"), KANSAS CITY, MO., U.S.A.,
- 1992 JUL 23 (A2 ON GENIE) -- Apple publicly announced today that they are
- working on an MS-DOS File System Translator (FST) for the Apple IIGS.
- Currently the FST is read-only, and writing ability is being worked on. It is
- not expected that the writing ability will be ready in time for its initial
- release. The MS-DOS FST is expected to ship with Apple IIGS System Software
- version 6.0.1.
- Apple IIGS System Software 6.0.1 is a maintenence release made necessary by the
- Apple II Ethernet Card. When the Apple II Ethernet Card ships, expected by the
- end of the year, System 6.0.1 will be made available. Besides bug fixes to
- System 6.0, the only other major change announced in System 6.0.1 is the
- addition of keyboard navigation to the Apple IIGS Finder.
- The MS-DOS FST will work on any MS-DOS volume that can be accessed by the Apple
- IIGS. Currently, the access of MS-DOS 3.5" disks is limited to 720K and 1.44M
- MS-DOS 3.5" disks read via an Apple SuperDrive or equivalent, connected to the
- Apple II SuperDrive Card (formerly known as the Apple II 3.5 Drive Card).
- Other known methods to access MS-DOS data on an Apple IIGS include MS-DOS
- formatted Syquest cartridges and MS-DOS 5.25" floppy disks read via an Applied
- Engineering Transdrive, connected to an Applied Engineering PC Transporter
- card.
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- Herbert Fung
- MindLink!
- British Columbia, Canada
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