In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > On Fri, 27 Jan 1995 22:25:59 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > > Why we all use .XXX, lets be different and yse a 5 char > > extension! :-) > > And have 4 characters for the file name. Yeah... :-) > > Incidentally, why the Sam has 10-character names when even the most > uncivilised parts of the world have 12 (including the dot) I will never > know... > > imc > > This is a Spectrum hangover. Remember that SAMDOS discs are very like DIsciple ones. (I had a SAM before it even HAD a Dos, and I guess tape files were like the Speccy ones too.. So, what do you want 256 char filenames?
Brian -- Brian Gaff Sam Dept.
