Subject: Re: CD II+?
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From: dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)
Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2000 17:49:00 +1200
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Simon Biber <simon@basilisk2.cjb.net> wrote:

> >     Now, as to what file system the cd's have to have... I haven't a clue.
> 
> Is there any software that runs on ProDOS 8 and can read other filesystems
> such as ISO9660, HFS, FAT, etc?

Firstly, FAT is never used on a CD.  MS-DOS and derivatives always use
ISO-9660 (or a derivative of this).

HFS support is probably available through A2FX or HFSLink.

ISO is slightly trickier.  I've never been aware of anything available
publically, but Apple apparently had some libraries available for
licensing to software authors who wanted to use ISO9660 CDs as a data
source.  This would need someone to write a front end if you wanted a
general purpose utility for accessing files on an ISO CD.  I doubt the
libraries would have supported anything more complex than ISO level 1.

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David Empson
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