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Filename Wars

I always thought that MS-DOS names were bad (8+3).  Then I started using
ProDOS.  Suddenly, I am limited to 15 characters, no symbols, no spaces,
no lower-case, no unprintables.

UNIX takes it a bit far.  But I kind of like the rules Woz set down back
in circa. 1979--

a.  Filenames must begin with a character of ASCII code >63
b.  Commas are not permitted*
c.  Filenames must be shorter than 31 characters.

*due to practical considerations, ^M's are effectively not usable, though
their use will not trigger a DOS error.

Now if I could only WRITE DOS 3.3 from GS/OS...

--Dave Althoff, Jr.
Two favorite ideas for GS/OS software:  DOS 3.3 FST to write, based on RWTS
                                        BASIC.SYS16


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