Re: keeping TOS-FS or not?

[Julian Reschke-FJR010 <Julian_Reschke-FJR010@email.mot.com>]

draco@mi.com.pl%INTERNET wrote:
> 
> > Besides, you need *some* working XFS to /etc/fstab. Emulators
> > obviously emulate some GEMDOS calls so that MiNT can come up
> > (this also applies to "Jet" in MacMiNT). These emulators will
> > still need a linked TOSFS in the future.
> 
> The question is: is it fair to limit users of real Ataris to TOS FS
> (and allow them to waste 10k of RAM), just because an emulator exists
> and works this way? Emulators should do the best to follow real computers
> they emulate, not force real systems to be compatible with emulators. If a
> real system gets forced to be compatible with its own emulator, there's
> something wrong here (I'd say).

True. So we need at least a compile-time switch.

regards, jr