Re: ProDOS filenames

[valthoff@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Victoria M Althoff)]

In article <behrenss.756206239@hphalle4> behrenss@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (So
enke Behrens) writes:
>aj990@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (GREG WHITE) writes:
>
>
>>Does ProDOS permit symbols, other than the period, in filenames? It used
>>to disallow anything that was not alphanumeric, with the exceptiom of the
>>period. I am wondering if anything has changed.
>
>No, nothing has changed. Of course not, why break old apps? If you want
>fancy names, use HFS, that allows everything except ':'.
>
>Regards
>Soenke

...Or better yet, DOS 3.3 allows--
   Up to 30 characters per filename
   ALL ASCII characters (including control and lowercase) EXCEPT ',' and 'esc'
   restriction: First character must be ASCII code >64

Of course, that doesn't support subdirectories or disk names.  But I couldn't 
resist the opportunity to talk up my old friend, Uncle DOS!

--Dave Althoff, Jr.
(I'd rather be roller coasting right now!)