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- Subject: Re: Future (post E 2.0) idea
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- Date: Fri, 12 Apr 1996 17:33:15 -0400 (EDT)
- From: Fred Salerno <salernof@gate.net>
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- Think of the hFV as a temporary solution.
- When they do a native port for Win32, it could use long-filenames, and an
- HFV wouldnt be needed (except maybe the SYSTEM.HFV for booting).
- And I believe the same goes for OS/2 ports, if it uses the HPFS in OS/2.
- Linux already has long file names, so that problem is solved.
- I guess the HFVs are the only solution if you run Executor on MS or PC DOS.
- Partitions seem a bit extreme for people who have important data and dont
- want to re-partition and re-format (or take a chance with a part resizer.)
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- > Still, I think a hard drive partition could make Executor a more
- > integrated part of the PC itself, which can only better ARDI's market. That
- > way, people who don't like the idea of a multi hundred meg file on their
- > primary drive can fool themselves into thinking they have a "separate" disk
- > for Mac, without having to go out and buy a pre-mac formatted hard disk.
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