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February 1996, Week 2

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Rob Joseph asked:
> If the AIFs exist, isn't it possible to build the necessary
> functionality into the file system?  Or, as an alternative, couldn't
> some savvy 3rd party developers create software that could read and
> write the jukebox randomly?
 
I seem to recall that the way the AIF's for MO work is by actually
mounting a selected disc platter at a regular MPE volume.  Once this
is done, it can be used like any other drive.  You should be able to
initialize it as a user volume, ;HOMEVS groups onto it, etc.
 
It ought to be very easy for someone with a license to the AIF:MO
stuff to provide a simple command line interface program to let
you mount and unmount disks at will.  I don't know if this would
be a violation in some way of the AIF license.  This command line
utility could be distributed as a contributed library program, etc.
 
At least this is the way I remember it.  I could be wrong of course.
 
Gavin

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