[Info-vax] Anyone interested in another public access system

[FredK]

"Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilbert88 at comcast.net> wrote in message 
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>
> Isn't there an ODS-5 now?  ISTR reading about the new file system that 
> allows all kinds of special characters in filenames.
>
> I've been using ODS-2 for a bit more than 23 years now.  It does just 
> about everything I need in a file system.  Needless to say, I do NOT need 
> files named #@!$$xqb.|\23^@# or any other such frippery!
>
> I know, I know, I'm hopelessly old fashioned.

ODS-5 is ODS-2 with extended name support.  Recently we've even tacked on 
UNIX hard and soft links.

But the basic problem is that the file system is a living antique of design 
and is very slow compared to a modern file system.