> neither as any
> sort of insulting "joke", nor otherwise!

You found that joke insulting? If that's the case, I'm sorry. It wasn't  
meant as attack, neither against you nor your software nor anyone at all.

>> If you meant "DOS read" as
>> reading a single or some sectors from a block device, this is correct.
>
> Fine, Christian, that is EXACTLY what I meant!

Thank you for clarifying this.

> Thus UIDE is a pure SECTOR handler and "Couldn't care LESS" about any DOS
> directory structure.

Our whole point is: Except when the data is initialized, the quoted text  
applies for a RAM disk as well. I won't go into more details regarding  
file allocation tables, file systems or formatting now because it won't be  
worth my and your time.

However there's something we can agree on: to the user, any RAM disk  
(whether using a block device or redirector approach) is made up of a  
drive letter possibly containing directories and files. Naturally, this  
explanation doesn't cover any technical details at all.

> I wish you "Lots Of Luck" dealing with those who MAY NOT be
> as forgiving of your "jokes",

Yes. I'll try not to tempt you with any more complicated phrasing.

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