AWCTTYPA@UIAMVS.BITNET ("David A. Lyons") (02/21/89)
>Date: Mon, 20 Feb 89 19:40:55 GMT >From: Jason Blochowiak <puff!cat51!blochowi%speedy.wisc.edu@BRL.MIL> >Subject: Re: ProSEL 16 >Even though the utilities you mentioned were block oriented, they >would quite definitely have one MAJOR advantage: ProDOS 8 can only >deal with two partitions per HD (unless you put the SCSI card in slot >5, which isn't useful if you ever want to use your 3.5" drive at the >same time as the HD on a //gs), whereas GS/OS can deal with, what, 7? >Also, I can imagine that Beach Comber would have significantly more >memory, and would therefore be quicker... It's true that you could get at more partitions under GS/OS versions of the utilities. But you don't necessarily have any more memory available for Beach Comber: I think the versions that need the memory already use it on the GS, even under ProDOS 8. The COPY.GS program definitely does. It even uses the Memory Manager correctly--there's no problem. > Jason Blochowiak (blochowi@garfield.cs.wisc.edu) > "Not your average iconoclast..." --David A. Lyons bitnet: awcttypa@uiamvs DAL Systems CompuServe: 72177,3233 P.O. Box 287 GEnie mail: D.LYONS2 North Liberty, IA 52317 AppleLinkPE: Dave Lyons