Re: Reading MS-DOS in a Superdrive 3.5

[jonINTERNETrelayCHAT@napaVALLEYnet.CLARInet (Jon Bettencourt)]

> Long filenames are stored in fake specially marked volume label entries,
> and it wouldn't surprise me if a long filename was misinterpreted as the
> volume label by the IIgs MS-DOS FST.  It all depends on whether the
> genuine volume label is found first.

That happened to me once. Under Windows it didn't have a label, but when I
inserted it into my Mac it said it was labeled "Bs Top." I guess that was
part of the name for the file "Lisa Simpson's Top 16.doc."

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