awillis@pro-angmar.UUCP (Albert Willis) (05/23/89)
I realize that people who use ProDOS 8 exclusively might be a little miffed
that they won't be able to manipulate forked files, but chalk it up to
progress. Most of the files that will be forked (such as GS applications)
aren't useful under ProDOS 8 anyway. Forked files (and the new Resource
Manager in System 5.0) will enable developers to do some real cool things,
such as giving the user the ability to change how a program works withou
recompiling it. Having icons, cursors, dialogs, etc. will make developer's
lives easier, which means we'll see more IIgs software, which I'm definitely
in favor of.
Albert Willis
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pro-angmar!awillis@obsolete.uucp | 617/ 893-5681 [Al]hzink@pro-nucleus.UUCP (Harry Zink) (05/24/89)
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I fail to see why people make such a fass over the issue of forked files and
limited compatibility with Prodos 8. The way I see it, forked files will only
(con only) be used by GS/OS anyway, therefore they will only be used in the
GS/OS environment (which ahs no problems with them).
The only times forked files COULD come into contact with prodos is if you
download them from various services, in which case everyone will have stuffed
them in NuFX archives anyway, and these coexist nicely with P8. To use the
file effectively, it will have to be utilized under GS/OS anyway, and there is
no real conflict.
I think the problem stems from the misunderstanding that some people think
they will/should be able to use forked files under P8 - which is not so.
Forked files are only useful in an environment like GS/OS (and most useful
they are!), therefore, don't worry about P8 compatibility.
Sure, amny of you use Glen Bredons Prosel utlities, but these will (some
already do) support forked files. Especially if you use Prosel on the GS, I
highly recommend you upgrade to Prosel-16 (if you haven't already done so).
The way I understand it, most if not all of Bredon's file specific tools (like
Beach Comber, Cat Doctor, Mr. Fixit, etc..) will be upgraded to support the ew
file formats, and besides using the 16 bit version of these programs is quite
pleasant, especially since no more time is wasted switching to P8.
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