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Re: Patched HS.FST or PRODOS.FST??



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.