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# Line 239 | Line 239 | which are relatively independent from ea
239   - floppy driver ("sony.cpp")
240   - disk driver ("disk.cpp")
241   - CD-ROM driver ("cdrom.cpp")
242 + - external file system ("extfs.cpp")
243   - serial drivers ("serial.cpp")
244   - Ethernet driver ("ether.cpp")
245   - system-dependant device access ("sys_*.cpp")
# Line 380 | Line 381 | MacOS floppy driver comes from the fact
381   Mac models was custom-built for Apple by Sony (this was one of the first
382   applications of the 3.5" floppy format which was also invented by Sony).
383  
384 < 6.10. Serial drivers
384 > 6.10. External file system
385 > --------------------------
386 >
387 > Basilisk II also provides a method for accessing files and direcories on the
388 > host OS from the MacOS side by means of an "external" file system (henceforth
389 > called "ExtFS"). The ExtFS is built upon the File System Manager 1.2 interface
390 > that is built into MacOS 7.6 (and later) and available as a system extension
391 > for earlier MacOS versions. Unlike other parts of Basilisk II, extfs.cpp
392 > requires POSIX file I/O and this is not going to change any time soon, so if
393 > you are porting Basilisk II to a system without POSIX file functions, you
394 > should emulate them.
395 >
396 > 6.11. Serial drivers
397   --------------------
398  
399   Similar to the disk drivers, Basilisk II contains replacement serial drivers
# Line 404 | Line 417 | install a Deferred Task to do the job. T
417   MacOS when it returns to interrupt level 0. This mechanism sounds complicated
418   but is necessary to ensure stable operation of the serial driver.
419  
420 < 6.11. Ethernet driver
420 > 6.12. Ethernet driver
421   ---------------------
422  
423   A driver for Ethernet networking is also contained in the NuBus slot ROM.
# Line 474 | Line 487 | of what happens upon reception of a pack
487  
488   For a more detailed description of the Ethernet driver, see "Inside AppleTalk".
489  
490 < 6.12. System-dependant device access
490 > 6.13. System-dependant device access
491   ------------------------------------
492  
493   The method for accessing floppy drives, hard disks, CD-ROM drives and files
# Line 483 | Line 496 | portable, all device I/O is made via the
496   implemented by the (system-dependant) "sys_*.cpp" modules which provides a
497   standard, Unix-like interface to all kinds of devices.
498  
499 < 6.13. User interface strings
499 > 6.14. User interface strings
500   ----------------------------
501  
502   To aid in localization, all user interface strings of Basilisk II are collected
503 < in "user_strings.cpp" and accessed via the GetString() function. This way,
504 < Basilisk II may be easily translated to different languages.
503 > in "user_strings.cpp" (for common strings) and "user_strings_*.cpp" (for
504 > platform-specific strings), and accessed via the GetString() function. This
505 > way, Basilisk II may be easily translated to different languages.
506  
507 < 6.14. Preferences management
507 > 6.15. Preferences management
508   ----------------------------
509  
510   The module "prefs.cpp" handles user preferences in a system-independant way.

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