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- From: jeremy@hal.isc.toronto.ibm.com
- Subject: MSDOS FST
- Summary: PCT and this FST
- Message-ID: <1992Aug27.142308.77220@hal.isc.toronto.ibm.com>
- Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 14:23:08 GMT
- Organization: IBM Canada RS/6000 Support Center
- Keywords: FST PCT MSDOS
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- Well, I am finally posting. And I've got a suggestion for this FST. I
- have a PC Transporter and I realize that devices off of the PCT chain
- will work (according to reports I've heard) as MSDOS devices with this
- forthcoming FST. What I would like is for the FST to recognize the MSDOS
- volumes that are created to simulate hard drives.
-
- Here is the situation for people that don't own a PCT. The software creates
- a file on a prodos volume, which it fools DOS into thinking is a hard drive.
- What I would like is for the new FST to recognize this file and treat it
- like a folder. Then you could click on the file and copy things into and
- out of your MSDOS hard drive, without going into the PC Transporter software.
-
- Is this possible? Can an FST be written to do such a thing? I am unfamiliar
- with the design of FST's but I realize that this may cause problems because
- the ProDOS FST is used to access the volume to begin with. Also, is the
- format of the file released from Applied Engineering (or is this a stupid
- question)? Thanks for all your help with this.
-
- Jeremy Rand
- jeremy@toronto.ibm.com
- (My views are my own and do not represent those of my employer, even the
- stupid ones)
-
-