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Re: 8.3 format imperative on CD-ROM ?

Please post this to a Mac NG.  You'll get your answers there.

	Mike

Marco Bleeker wrote:
> 
> Hello, is it true that the file name format on a CD-ROM must be 8.3 in
> order for the MacIntosh to be able to read it? I put my web site on
> CD-ROM, but have 4 letter (*.html) extensions, and I hear that the Mac
> keeps converting this to *.HTM. Resulting in links that don't work,
> because the file names in the links are still *.html
> 
> I find this behaviour pretty odd, because the Mac can handle long file
> names, and can handle *.html files when they are on the WWW. So why
> this conversion to 8.3 when the same files are on CD ?!
> 
> Any comments would be appreciated, email would work fastest.
> Thanks, Marco
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