Re: arachne-digest V1 #1993
> GEOWORKS supported long filenames in DOS several years before Microsoft > managed to get 95 launched. So Microsoft has no claim to the idea > whatsoever. > Sam Ewalt > Croswell, Michigan, USA Microsoft's own Windows NT came before 95, and featured support for long file names with NTFS. Before that, IBM-Microsoft OS/2 supported long file names with HPFS. Then there were various Unixes too.
Re: arachne-digest V1 #1993
On Tue, 24 Dec 2002 20:05:11 -0500, Glenn McCorkle wrote: >> Then what about that ever-so-useful suite of LFN compatible DOS utilities >> (LCOPY.EXE, LDIR.EXE, ... etc.)? Would Bill make the earth shake in his >> wrath if he knew about them? > Hmmm, > And not to mention... LFNDOS by Chris Jones. ;-) GEOWORKS supported long filenames in DOS several years before Microsoft managed to get 95 launched. So Microsoft has no claim to the idea whatsoever. Sam Ewalt Croswell, Michigan, USA -- Arachne V1.70;rev.3, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://arachne.cz/
Re: arachne-digest V1 #1993
And not to mention... LFNDOS by Chris Jones. ;-) I think the best is DOSLFN (link at www.opus.co.tt/dave/) bye, flox -- Florian Xaver http://www.drdos.org unofficial dr-dos site http://www.flox.at.tf/ dos page - ogg/mp3 page for dos kurt ostbahn & die kombo page
Re: arachne-digest V1 #1993
The first PC word processor that I used, the Leading Edge Word Processor (LEWP) that came with the first PC I bought, the Leading Edge Model D (~1986) used long file names and the same technique that M$ uses, the alias file. The only difference between M$'s LFN and LEWP's LFN is that BG puts a tilde before the number, whereas LEWP had no special character between the number and the truncated file name. It seems to me that M$'s LFN is a hoax --- it looks at the LFN, goes to the alias file and finds what 8.3 file name really is used to access the file. If you go to the DOS screen in Windoze and want to go to the "Program Files" folder, you have to "CD PROGRA~1" and the same with other folders/files, eliminating spaces and truncating the LFN to 8.3. Holiday greetings to all around the world. Roger Turk Tucson, Arizona Glenn McC and Ray Andrews wrote: . > On Tue, 24 Dec 2002 15:14:02 -0800, Ray Andrews wrote: . > > Hi Michal, . > > Thanks for the info on DRFAT32 and freeDOS. . > > It looks to me like you've bagged the "\\" bug once and for all. . > > With Clarence incomunicado, I vote for you as our new official ASM guru. . > >> Long filenames are not supported, because Micros**t has some patent . > >> on it. . > > Then what about that ever-so-useful suite of LFN compatible DOS . > utilities > (LCOPY.EXE, LDIR.EXE, ... etc.)? Would Bill make the earth . > shake in his > wrath if he knew about them? . > Hmmm, . > And not to mention... LFNDOS by Chris Jones. ;-) . > -- . > Glenn
Re: arachne-digest V1 #1993
On Tue, 24 Dec 2002 15:14:02 -0800, Ray Andrews wrote: > Hi Michal, > Thanks for the info on DRFAT32 and freeDOS. > It looks to me like you've bagged the "\\" bug once and for all. > With Clarence incomunicado, I vote for you as our new official ASM guru. >> Long filenames are not supported, because Micros**t has some patent >> on it. > Then what about that ever-so-useful suite of LFN compatible DOS utilities > (LCOPY.EXE, LDIR.EXE, ... etc.)? Would Bill make the earth shake in his > wrath if he knew about them? Hmmm, And not to mention... LFNDOS by Chris Jones. ;-) -- Glenn http://arachne.cz/ http://www.delorie.com/listserv/mime/ http://www.angelfire.com/id/glenndoom/download.htm http://www.thispagecannotbedisplayed.com/
Re: arachne-digest V1 #1993
Hi Michal, Thanks for the info on DRFAT32 and freeDOS. It looks to me like you've bagged the "\\" bug once and for all. With Clarence incomunicado, I vote for you as our new official ASM guru. > Long filenames are not supported, because Micros**t has some patent > on it. Then what about that ever-so-useful suite of LFN compatible DOS utilities (LCOPY.EXE, LDIR.EXE, ... etc.)? Would Bill make the earth shake in his wrath if he knew about them? Ray Andrews, Vancouver, Canada -- Arachne V1.71;UE01, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://arachne.cz/