Re: ADT long filename bug?

[Ed Eastman <noone@nowhere.net>]

Luke Forat wrote:
>   Everything works fine except the "long filename" support apparently. When 
> I type in a file longer than 8.3 characters ADT on my apple (receive mode) 
> it says it can't find the file and the ADT client on my PC, running windows 
> 2K, hangs. Specifically the process goes to 100% cpu occupancy, so I need to 
> terminate it. To work around this problem, I simply rename the file to a 
> shorter name and transfer it without problems.

I am using Windows XP with NTFS5 and/or FAT32 and don't seem to have 
that issue, but recall similar issues under Windows 98.

I think the main reason I never have issues is that I always name my DSK 
files without spaces or extra characters and under 15 chars in length, 
just to be safe.  Sort of a ProDOS/ MSDOS hybrid.

Hmm, I'm sitting here thinking about it and a thought pops into my head. 
 Is he specifying the extension?  The newer OS does not show the 
extension but the transfer does require it.

I'm still thinking about this and it hits me that you may need to 
transfer the 'short name' instead of the long name of the file. 
abcdef~1.dsk instead of ABCDEFGHI.dsk. This is what worked under Win98 
for me.

Let me know of these ideas work for you.
Ed
(Catalyst of the 2005 speed up, Thankx Knut!)

(Instigator of the 2006 SST upgrade, Go currently anonymous programmer!)