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- From: ltchean@rambutan.iss.nus.sg (lim thye chean)
- Subject: Re: GS/OS FST
- Message-ID: <1992Nov5.051205.22724@nuscc.nus.sg>
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- Reply-To: ltchean@iss.nus.sg (lim thye chean)
- Organization: Institute of Systems Science, NUS, Singapore
- References: <1cca0aINN7ah@charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu> <AWILLIS.92Nov1041412@posse.mit.edu> <73965@apple.Apple.COM>
- Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 05:12:05 GMT
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- 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)
-
- >--
- >David A. Lyons, Apple Computer, Inc. | DAL Systems
- >Apple II System Software Engineer | P.O. Box 875
- >Internet:dlyons@apple.com | Cupertino, CA 95015-0875
- >
- >My opinions are my own, not Apple's.
-
- --
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- Lim Thye Chean: Lim is my surname. My name is Thye Chean.
- My address: LTCHEAN@ISS.NUS.SG, or 9, College Green, Singapore 1129
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