On Fri, 18 Aug 1995 15:44:30 +0200, Frode Tenneboe said: > The > point of having a magic number in the start of the file or in the > directory entry is almost equaly insensible.
How are you supposed to know what the file is for if it doesn't have a magic number in it? > The situation for the SAM is a bit special as it have to separate > BASIC-programs from other files. However, this is the only distinction > I think a future DOS for the SAM should have. No more SCREEN files, > OPENTYPE, bla bla.... What about string and number arrays? And what's wrong with SCREEN files? imc
