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[Board::] The Work Shop (Net) [Number:] 100 of 100
[To:::::] Elexus [Subject] ProDOS INIT etc.
[From:::] The Ronin (#41 @ME) [Date:::] Wed. Dec 23, 1992 at 10:02:29 AM
[Name:::] xxxx of GDI -+- Valued -+-
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Okay, it's going up on the next call. Mind you, there one side-effect I don't
like about it. Any file that it writes back to a ProDOS volume it will add a
resource fork, where it can keep Mac-specific information like icon info, Mac
filetype and file creators, etc.. Of course, this INIT was intended for the
LC only, but I still would like to turn this "feature" off. The net effect of
this is that the files are rendered useless for ProDOS 8, which can't handle
files with resource forks. Never fear, there's a resource fork stripper in
GS/OS. Basically, you can you the the ORCA 2.0 shell and one of the toggle
switches to do it. I'll explain further if you need more info.
For SyQuests, here's what I do. Your situation may not allow for this but my
Mac and GS have a permanent AppleTalk link. All of my SyQuests (old 44s
purchased a couple years ago) are formatted HFS. If I'm dealing with just a
few megs worth of Apple II files, I'll mount the SyQuest, turn on file
sharing, and copy the files over to the GS via AppleShare. If it's a real big
job (say, the whole disk is full of ProDOS/GSOS files), then I'll move the
SyQuest over to the GS and do direct copying, as System 6 can certainly handle
HFS formatted SyQuests, and so can the RamFAST as long as current ROMs (3.0+)
are used. In fact, I used to have the SyQuest on a switchbox when I used an
Apple DMA SCSI card, but this scheme no longer functioned well when I switched
to the RamFAST. It has to do with SCSI cable length. I could probably get it
to work again, but I'd need >real< short cables.
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Ronin