| BYTE Magazine Article from Some Assembly Required [message #352729] |
Sun, 17 September 2017 21:40  |
Charles Richmond
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The article I was seeking on disk file allocation is in the "Some
Assembly Required" feature in the May 1989 BYTE magazine. This is the
first part (with one or two pieces in following issues) titled
"Directory Assistance"... back when directory assistance still had
another meaning.
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| Re: BYTE Magazine Article from Some Assembly Required [message #352752 is a reply to message #352729] |
Mon, 18 September 2017 04:22  |
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Originally posted by: Bob Eager
On Sun, 17 Sep 2017 20:40:38 -0500, Charles Richmond wrote:
> The article I was seeking on disk file allocation is in the "Some
> Assembly Required" feature in the May 1989 BYTE magazine. This is the
> first part (with one or two pieces in following issues) titled
> "Directory Assistance"... back when directory assistance still had
> another meaning.
What information were you looking for?
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Using UNIX since v6 (1975)...
Use the BIG mirror service in the UK:
http://www.mirrorservice.org
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| Re: BYTE Magazine Article from Some Assembly Required [message #352824 is a reply to message #352752] |
Mon, 18 September 2017 16:47 |
Charles Richmond
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On 9/18/2017 3:22 AM, Bob Eager wrote:
> On Sun, 17 Sep 2017 20:40:38 -0500, Charles Richmond wrote:
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>> The article I was seeking on disk file allocation is in the "Some
>> Assembly Required" feature in the May 1989 BYTE magazine. This is the
>> first part (with one or two pieces in following issues) titled
>> "Directory Assistance"... back when directory assistance still had
>> another meaning.
>
> What information were you looking for?
>
The article is a comparison of CP/M, MS-DOS, and Unix files and
directories on disk. I know much of this already, but I wanted a copy
of the BYTE articles.
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| Re: BYTE Magazine Article from Some Assembly Required [message #352826 is a reply to message #352824] |
Mon, 18 September 2017 16:54 |
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Originally posted by: Bob Eager
On Mon, 18 Sep 2017 15:47:00 -0500, Charles Richmond wrote:
> On 9/18/2017 3:22 AM, Bob Eager wrote:
>> On Sun, 17 Sep 2017 20:40:38 -0500, Charles Richmond wrote:
>>
>>> The article I was seeking on disk file allocation is in the "Some
>>> Assembly Required" feature in the May 1989 BYTE magazine. This is the
>>> first part (with one or two pieces in following issues) titled
>>> "Directory Assistance"... back when directory assistance still had
>>> another meaning.
>>
>> What information were you looking for?
>>
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> The article is a comparison of CP/M, MS-DOS, and Unix files and
> directories on disk. I know much of this already, but I wanted a copy
> of the BYTE articles.
Ah, OK. I have a web page on FAT, that's all.
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Using UNIX since v6 (1975)...
Use the BIG mirror service in the UK:
http://www.mirrorservice.org
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| Re: BYTE Magazine Article from Some Assembly Required [message #352880 is a reply to message #352824] |
Tue, 19 September 2017 17:01 |
Andreas Kohlbach
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On Mon, 18 Sep 2017 15:47:00 -0500, Charles Richmond wrote:
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> On 9/18/2017 3:22 AM, Bob Eager wrote:
>> On Sun, 17 Sep 2017 20:40:38 -0500, Charles Richmond wrote:
>>
>>> The article I was seeking on disk file allocation is in the "Some
>>> Assembly Required" feature in the May 1989 BYTE magazine. This is the
>>> first part (with one or two pieces in following issues) titled
>>> "Directory Assistance"... back when directory assistance still had
>>> another meaning.
>>
>> What information were you looking for?
>>
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> The article is a comparison of CP/M, MS-DOS, and Unix files and
> directories on disk. I know much of this already, but I wanted a copy
> of the BYTE articles.
Cannot help with that, although that BYTE issue sounds interesting and
just fits into the time frame I am interested (1975 to 1989).
But there is a Computer Chronicles episode sort of comparing UNIX, CP/M
(Gary Kildall sits on the other side of the table this time) and MS
DOS. But unfortunately for you doesn't really talk about files and
directories in depth. Still nice to see this view from 1984 in my opinion
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5S8kFvXpo4>, about 28 minutes.
If you like this there is also an episode from 1985 mainly about UNIX
only. Should be easily to be found by a web search.
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Andreas
You know you are a redneck if
your dog has a litter of puppies on the living room floor and nobody notices.
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| Re: BYTE Magazine Article from Some Assembly Required [message #352950 is a reply to message #352854] |
Wed, 20 September 2017 09:11 |
Charles Richmond
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On 9/19/2017 8:17 AM, Wayne Salamon wrote:
> On 2017-09-18, Charles Richmond <numerist@aquaporin4.com> wrote:
>> The article I was seeking on disk file allocation is in the "Some
>> Assembly Required" feature in the May 1989 BYTE magazine. This is the
>> first part (with one or two pieces in following issues) titled
>> "Directory Assistance"... back when directory assistance still had
>> another meaning.
>>
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> https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1989-05
>
Yes, I found the pdf of that issue of BYTE magazine. The *difficult*
part was find out *which* issues contained the article I was looking for...
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