Number: 99 Date: 17-Mar-84 0':14':28 Submitter: le.pasa Source: Syntelligence Subject: NS file server should support Random Access capability Lisp Version: Description: Interlisp-D was designed around a random-access file system. To deny software developers a local file system AND random access on a Xerox product fileserver is outrageous. They demand some form of random access capability before this summer' ' Date': 4 Apr 84 17':13 PST' From': vanMelle.pa' ...' 99': This is two problems': (1) Want Product file server to support random access. This is an AR for the file server folks, but we might keep a copy of it anyway, attn Lisp management. (2) Want Lisp to cope with non-random access file server, e.g., by caching files locally. This is Operating System/File system, Perhaps/Hard/Serious/Design Impl, Attn vanMelle.' Workaround: Test Case: Edit-By: Sannella.PA Edit-Date: 5-Apr-84 11':41':20 Attn: Lisp Assigned To: In/By: Disposition: System: Communications Subsystem: Lisp Servers Machine: Disk: Microcode Version: Memory Size: File Server: Server Software Version: Difficulty: Frequency: Everytime Impact: Fatal Priority: Unlikely Status: Open Problem Type: Design - Impl Source Files: