IBM 6360 - Filesystem(ish) info?

Chuck Guzis cclist at sydex.com
Tue Feb 19 14:18:12 CST 2019


On 2/19/19 12:05 PM, Anders Nelson via cctalk wrote:
> Ah, cool thanks!
> 
> I'm interested in storing arbitrary files in the manner close to the
> original as possible. Sounds like the extent list and allocation map would
> be useful for this; not so much the document content format.
> --
> Anders Nelson

Hi Anders,

No, it's more complicated than that--there are a lot of structures
involved.  I'm certain that the 6580 had a way to store executable
files, for example, but I've never run into a sample.

You may be better off adapting the CP/M-86 code form the 6580.

--Chuck



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