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From: V112PDL5@UBVMS.BITNET
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: GS/OS Questions
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Date: 19 Sep 88 20:33:00 GMT
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  According to press releases GS/OS now supports disk formats other
than ProDOS. Okay, which of the following (if any) does it support
DOS 3.3, Pascal, Mac HS
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FS, or MS-DOS. We know it supports some obscure ISO format.
  Given that Apple is shipping a utility that (paraphrazing) creatstes
partitions of differtrent OSs on hard disks, will it work with non-Apple
drives? (CMSA260s for instance) And given that, will partitions greater
than 32 megabytes be supported? Will ProDOS 8 applications be able to
read them or just "AppleShare Aware" programs?
  Whlhile I'm at it in what ways will system 4.0 increase program speed?
Is it merely disk access or have the Tools been revamped again?
Does it support disk caching? How fast is the new Finder's interface
and why is it faster? Is ProDOS as a name dead? GS/OS is shorter but
has an annoying and unsightly slash in it. Reminds me of OS/2. Uggh!

                              -mark