Date: Wed, 23 Apr 1997 14:28:49 +0200 (MET DST)
From: Mark Habersack <grendel AT hoth DOT amu DOT edu DOT pl>
Reply-To: grendel AT hoth DOT amu DOT edu DOT pl
To: "Colin W. Glenn" <cwg01 AT gnofn DOT org>
cc: opendos AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Usage of directory entries
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On Tue, 22 Apr 1997, Colin W. Glenn wrote:

> On Tue, 22 Apr 1997, Mark Habersack wrote:
> > Once upon a time (on 21 Apr 97 at 18:27) Colin W. Glenn said:
> > > Possible, else you couldn't have IBM's read MAC's.
> > You *can* read them, but you cannot *implement* it in your system software, 
> > i.e. you cannot create drivers to *create* this file system. It's structure 
> > is read/only ;-))) At least that's what I read in Computer World some time 
> > ago.
> 
> Ahhh, hmm, seem to remember the program stated you could read and write
> the Mac disks so certain programs which exist in both worlds could share
> information, ie, I update my database, here's the updates.
I agree - I'm sorry I used a bad word: it's not *impossible* but it is not
*free*, you have to pay for it and thus it is next to impossible for us to
implement in a free OS.