Re: 40 Folder Fix from Atari

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From: Walt Weber
Date: Tue, 12 May 1987 18:50

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In article <1191@imagen.UUCP> turner@imagen.UUCP (D'arc Angel) writes:
+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.

I plead guilty to speaking anthropomorphically, you quick-eyed rascal!  :-)

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Walt Weber               PHONE: (617) 256-6600 x7004
Apollo Computer          GENIE: W.WEBER
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From: weber_w@apollo.uucp (Walt Weber)
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Subject: Re: 40 Folder Fix from Atari
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