Date   : Wed, 02 Jun 1993 14:56:10 +0100 (BST)
From   : "I Stephenson" <ian@...>
Subject: hdfs

I downloaded HDFS a few days ago (its now on shiraz), and tried it out - its a  
great piece of software!

In addition to the heirachical directory structure (not perfect but still  
pretty cool), the big plus points are:

       Treating both sides of the disc as continuous (400k in one chunk is  
much more usefull than 2x200)
       
       RWX file attributes (including an option to autmatically exec text  
files - more limited than I'd like but well integrated).
       
       The ability to change the special characters ie: you can use / to  
seperate directory names - why - cause then you can use .'s in filenames eg:  
test.c (yey!).
       
       Loads of extra utilities that were previously in other roms like (say)  
Disc Doctor.
       

I like this program, and may go over to using it for developing software. If  
you've still got an 8271 controller thn a sugguest you check it out.

Ian

P.S. Richard York mailed me recently about building a real time clock (He's  
planning a production run) - anyone interested should contact him  
<yorkr@...>.