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- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Subject: Re: MS-DOS FST
- Message-ID: <1992Aug16.060036.1711@actrix.gen.nz>
- From: David.Empson@bbs.actrix.gen.nz
- Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1992 06:00:36 GMT
- Sender: David.Empson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)
- References: <9208151216.aa22751@generic.UUCP>
- Organization: Actrix Information Exchange
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- In article <9208151216.aa22751@generic.UUCP> taob@terranet.cts.com (Brian Tao) writes:
- > dlyons@Apple.COM (David A Lyons) writes...
- > >
- > >Here's one possible list of default translations:
- > >
- > > .C $04 $0000 C language source code
- > > .H $04 $0000 C header file
- > > .PAS $04 $0000 Pascal language source code
- > > .ASM $04 $0000 assembly language source code
- >
- > Might as well assign these files the correct file and aux types
- > using the ORCA conventions ($00B0/$0005 for Pascal, $0008 for C and
- > C header files, not sure what ORCA uses for assembler source).
-
- NO! See comments below.
-
- >
- > > .SRC $04 $0000 source code file
- >
- > Is this tied to any particular language? If not, it should
- > probably be assigned a filetype of SRC and an auxtype of $0000.
-
- I don't think that auxtype $0000 of type $B0 is defined.
-
- > Other possible designations (scanning through Apple.FTypes):
- >
- > PFS:File $0016/$0001 |
- > PFS:Write $0016/$0002 |
- > PFS:Graph $0016/$0003 |- Anyone know the DOS extensions?
- > PFS:Plan $0016/$0004 |
- > WordPerfect $00A0/$0000 |
-
- There aren't any standard extensions for WordPerfect files - the user
- can choose anything they like.
-
- > .FLI, .GL $005B/$0000 (animation files)
- > .EPS $00B0/$0719 (is this really an official filetype?)
- > .TTF $00C8/$0002 (since Windows 3.1 TT fonts aren't in the
- > format as Mac/Pointless fonts)
- > .VOC $00D8/$0000 (Sound Blaster sampled sounds)
-
- None of the above files should automatically be assigned a
- corresponding Apple II filetype UNLESS THE FILE FORMAT IS 100%
- COMPATIBLE WITH THE APPLE II DEFINITION OF THAT TYPE!
-
- In particular, MS-DOS WordPerfect files are signficantly different to
- Apple II/IIgs ones. Similarly, Windows TrueType font files are
- nothing like the Mac/IIgs ones.
-
- In the case of C source files, it is a very rare occasion when a
- program written for an unspecified MS-DOS C compiler will compile
- without error under ORCA/C. All C compilers have their own quirks,
- and a manual translation should be performed before trying this.
-
- Pascal is probably worse. Turbo Pascal and ORCA/Pascal have
- significant differences.
-
- As for assembly language: do you know of any ORCA/M compatible
- assemblers on the PC? Any assemblers that use 65816 assembly language?
- --
- David Empson
-
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