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Re: Patched HS.FST or PRODOS.FST??
- Subject: Re: Patched HS.FST or PRODOS.FST??
- From: indizgize@aol.com.net.org (InDizgize)
- Date: 1999/05/21
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com
- References: <37449f33.2262072@news>
Jeff Blakeney writes.....
>The second program (a temporary init actually) was called Dr. Bazyar
>and was published in v7 n1 (Sep/Oct 1995). The idea for this program
>came from Jawaid Bazyar which is how it got its name. This program
>simply patches the HS.FST once it gets loaded to change the lowest
>valid character in a volume/file name from $30 (the number 0) to $20
>(a space). This means that ! " # $ % & ' ( ) * + , - . and / are also
>considered valid characters.
Well that sounds to be exactly the thing I need.. My only other option at
the present is to re-burn the CD replacing all the spaces in the file names
with periods.. Needless to say I'm not in favor of that idea.
>Now for the bad news. As these programs were published in GS+
>magazine, they are copyrighted and are not available except on the
>used market. Someone bought the rights to EGO Systems stuff a while
>back but they have not done anything with the stuff that I am aware
Damn.. Well with any luck someone might see this and have some idea what
became of this stuff.. Somebody?? Anybody???
Thanks Jeff
C.