Re: <None> (Should be Open Systems, bloody NEWS system...)

Article View: comp.arch

Article #11180

#11180

From: CP/M lives!
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 16:23

13 lines
1052 bytes

In article <BzGL07.2wK@dscomsa.desy.de>, hallam@zeus02.desy.de (Phill Hallam-Baker) writes:
> 
> W/NT on introduction will of course have to cope with the CP/M filestore which
> it inherited from MSDOS. 

About the only thing common between the MSDOS file system and the CP/M 
filesystem is the size of the filename (8.3). Although MSDOS _can_ use
CP/M-style FCBs, these are just a facade for old software.
-- 

Roger Ivie                      "My God! That computer is full of Pentium!
ivie@cc.usu.edu                  It's a wonder that you haven't been turned
                                 into mutants!"

Technical Details

Message-ID: <1992Dec18.102348.62151@cc.usu.edu>

Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!caen!hellgate.utah.edu!cc.usu.edu!ivie

References: <1992Nov30.160802.22319@e2big.mko.dec.com> <41801@sdcc12.ucsd.edu> <BzGL07.2wK@dscomsa.desy.de>

Show Full Headers

Complete Article Headers

Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!caen!hellgate.utah.edu!cc.usu.edu!ivie
From: ivie@cc.usu.edu (CP/M lives!)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: <None> (Should be Open Systems, bloody NEWS system...)
Message-ID: <1992Dec18.102348.62151@cc.usu.edu>
Date: 18 Dec 92 10:23:47 MDT
References: <1992Nov30.160802.22319@e2big.mko.dec.com> <41801@sdcc12.ucsd.edu>   <BzGL07.2wK@dscomsa.desy.de>
Organization: Utah State University
Lines: 13

Reply to Parent Message