Date   : Fri, 04 Sep 1998 11:17:00 +0100
From   : hick@... (gARetH baBB)
Subject: Re: Difference between ADFS and DFS

In message <20.199809040911.KAA17649@...>,
          gilbertd@... (Dave Gilbert) wrote:

> File names are 9.1 (or was it 7.1)

7.1

> limited to a fixed number of entries per directory. (Traditionally 87 I

47.

> think, but I think there is a new version on the latest version of RiscOS
> capable of more).

ADFS/FileCore in RISC-OS pre 4 does 77, next FileCore is meant to support
80,000 ...

> ADFS was available for Model-B's to run the Hard drives, but not for
> floppies until the advent of the 177[02] based controllers (for Model-B's
> , B+'s, and Masters).

The first floppy-based ADFS appeared in the Plus-3 on the Electron, which
is why it's full of bugs.