At 08:55 PM 1/21/2003 -0800, you wrote: >I don't know why this wouldn't be true. Normal applications don't have >direct access to the file system, that's handled by the OS. As long as >the OS supports a file system, apps should be none the wiser.
This should be true, but doesn't always seem to be. I've run into a few normal apps that hav trouble. One I can think of off hand is an old game called Fury of the Furries. It ran fine on my 68ks, crashed on my PPCs. I thought for awhile it was not compatible with PPC until I tried it on my Duo 2300 and found it worked, and in fact had a "Accelerated for PowerPC" scroller on start. On a whim, tried making a couple hundred meg Disk Copy image on my main PPC, a 6500 with a 4 gig drive, copied it there, and it ran fine. Tried a real HD formatted with HFS, and it still ran fine. No real clue why, it's just a rather diverting platform game that doesn't seem to do any direct access, yet it seems to matter. As with most things with computers in general, logic doesn't always work ;) Scott Holder -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
