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#Network Workings

    20-Apr-89 02:13:48
Fm: Larry Schilling 71550,3336
To: Steve Pietrowicz 73047,2313
Of course, you're right about the tree structure, but I'm not sure that hurts. Seems to me that the only practical way to handle it is just to extend what good ole AmiDos does now. If you ask for a floppy that isn't there, it puts up a requester. An attempt at a remote access for a floppy that's missing should probably have the same results – at the remote system. If that isn't acceptable, it should be reasonably simple just to tell the local guy that the file isn't available. For heavens' sake (and for all the rest of us), we have to keep the syntax simple! I only have to recall VMS (and RSX-11) to see the syntactic results of questionable design decisions early on. (Bet I get lots of response over that one!