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Re: Lemonade Stand game?



Paul Schlyter writes ...
> 
> Rubywand  <rubywand@swbell.net> wrote:
> 
 ....
> >
> >      The file name lists the games on the disk; so, it's pretty long:
> >
> > AllStarBaseball_BrickOut_Checkers_Connect4_Eliza_KillSammy_LemonadeStand_Life_MadLib_ProGolf_Reversi_Tetrad_TuesdayNightFootball.dsk.gz
> >
> > Rubywand
> 
> I had some trouble when putting the Asimov archive on a CD 1-2 years
> ago: such a filename breaks the Joliet 64-char limit of filenames, so
> I had to truncate that name, plus a dozen or so other very long file
> names.
> 
 ....

Such names do facilitate searching but there are definitely some drawbacks.

Truncating the name is a good quick workaround. The full title is easy
to preserve for reference in a Text file of the on-line folder directory.



Rubywand