Date   : Sun, 08 Apr 2007 19:22:02 +0100
From   : jgh@... (Jonathan Graham Harston)
Subject: Possibly available: SJ FDFS

>Message-ID: <Marcel-1.53-0408065451-0b0xSBG@...>
 
Johan Heuseveldt <johan@...> wrote:
> > Chap called Steve Wiseman (steve@...) mentioned that he
> > probably has a FDFS amongst some other stuff available in a clear-out
> 
> What is it?
 
I contacted the poster and it turned out to be an empty case :(
 
> I do have a MDFS with a hard disc unit. With it came two guides in 4-ring
> binders. I have the feeling both are incomplete.
 
Two? I only have one. Or do you mean two copies of the same
manual? There should be ten chapters and about 600 pages in total.
 
> A FDFS is mentioned, but still I have no idea what it is. Is it a file
> server - like the MDFS, or is it something to complement the MDFS, my MDFS
 
The FDFS is the Floppy Disk File Server, a two-generation
predecessor to the MDFS - the Multiple Disk Filer Server.
 
SJ started with file server code running on a MZ80. Then came the
FDFS, a floppy disk only dedicated file server. Then came the
HDFS, the Hard Disk File Server, a hard drisk only dedicated file
server. Then came the MDFS which could use floppies and hard
drives (and a tape drive), the peak of SJ file servers.
 
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