Re: 40 Folder Fix from Atari

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From: turner
Date: Tue, 05 May 1987 09:13

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in article <3499fce5.1f6@apollo.uucp>, weber_w@apollo.uucp (Walt Weber) says:
+---------------------------------------------------------
+ 
+ In article <459@uhccux.UUCP> yuan@uhccux.UUCP (Yuan Chang) writes:
++     I was wondering, what if your decided to boot your ST from floppy one day,
++and finds out that it doesn't contain GEMBOOT nor FOLDRXXX.PRG?  Slight 
++instant disaster I suppose?
+ 
+ This would not be a problem, providing that your DESKTOP.INF used during
+ the boot process did NOT automatically open a window (or windows) such that
+ more than 40 folders (including the top-level one for each open disk)
+ would not be "visible", and you were careful about how many folders you
+ see or visit during a single boot session.
+ 
+---------------------------------------------------------
i think you might do well to check that out, i believe that it is
the number of directories that the system "sees" not the luser.


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