oogla@vax1.mankato.msus.edu (04/02/91)
In article <FDQ.91Mar28214034@hydrox-cookie.mit.edu>, fdq@athena.mit.edu (unknown) writes: > <1991Mar28.163451@riddler.Berkeley.EDU> > Sender: news@athena.mit.edu (News system) > Distribution: usa > Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology > Lines: 36 > In-Reply-To: yow@riddler.Berkeley.EDU's message of 28 Mar 91 22:34:51 GMT > > In article <1991Mar28.163451@riddler.Berkeley.EDU> yow@riddler.Berkeley.EDU (Billy Yow 283-4009) writes: > > Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!stanford.edu!eos!aio!riddler!yow > From: yow@riddler.Berkeley.EDU (Billy Yow 283-4009) > Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc > Keywords: filenames > Date: 28 Mar 91 22:34:51 GMT > References: <2179@raybed2.msd.ray.com> <1991Mar28.165528.10989@ccad.uiowa.edu> > Sender: news@aio.jsc.nasa.gov (USENET News System) > Reply-To: yow@riddler.Berkeley.EDU (Billy Yow 283-4009) > Distribution: usa > Organization: nasa-jsc > Lines: 14 > > From article <2179@raybed2.msd.ray.com>, by rgc@raybed2.msd.ray.com > (RICK CARLE): > > When will ms-dos have file names longer than 8 characters? > > 4.0? 5.0? Never? Why not? > > Rick Carle > > Microsoft is claiming DOS 6.0 will have an installable file system. > Which will provide longer filenames. > > > Bill Yow > yow@sweetpea.jsc.nasa.gov > > > This may sound pretty ignorant, but: > > What exactly is an installable file system? > > Fred Quintana > > > -- Simple, it's a file system that can be installed! :) :) :) no .sig, my other personality won't let me post one...