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Re: Changing to / in TOS

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From: Gert Poletiek
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1988 08:28
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In article <4804@ihlpg.ATT.COM> tainter@ihlpg.ATT.COM (Tainter) writes:
>It sounds like a patch from Allen's comments about it being ouragously large
>and maybe needing FLDR???.PRG as well.
>
>You know.  It strikes me that this should have been very simple to fix.
>You just have the HD device driver do mediach() events.
>
>--j.a.tainter

Fffhew, great idea. Ever thought about disk caching? 

I happen to have a 1.2 MegaByte disk cache installed, always. I would hate to
see your 'solution' causing my cache to be invalidated. It is already a pain
in the neck that GemDos returns media changed on every other access to a
write protected floppy...  


Gert Poletiek

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From: gert@nikhefh.hep.nl (Gert Poletiek)
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Subject: Re: Changing  to / in TOS
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Date: 15 Feb 88 08:28:45 GMT
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