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Re: Future (post E 2.0) idea



In article <01I3GD2ZDVXU00B0B6@DEPAUW.EDU>, DECLARKG@DEPAUW.EDU (NO GOOD 
DEED GOES UNPUNISHED) declares...

>     I was just thinking today, and a matter of curiosity came up.  The
>problem I have with HFV files (beyond the little bug that for now limits
>them to 128 MB) is that they are simply a large, combersome file on my
>hard drive, which makes backing up my hard drives all that much more
>interesting.  It is a wonderful innovation, don't get me wrong, but in the
>future, especially post-7.5 drop-in, I can think of an additional means
>which might make some people a little more happy.
[drive-formatting snipped]

While having HFS-formattable drives would be very nice, and I certainly 
would use the capability if it existed, it doesn't seem like it should be a 
priority for anyone.  I think all of the long-file-name-using OSes under 
which Executor runs except NT allow you to use those long file names.  
F'rinstance, if I run Executor under Win95, I see 32-character names.  I 
occasionally have problems running binaries directly out of the DOS 
filesystem, but those problems are rare.


Scott Shuchart
shuchart@fas.harvard.edu



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