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- >>>>> "Dan" == Dan Guisinger <dan_g@ix.netcom.com> writes:
- Dan> Heres the problem. The VFAT file system is superior to the
- Dan> Macintosh = file system. We, with Windows 95 have the 8.3
- Dan> replaced with 250.5. = Now, here is the problem, Macs have
- Dan> 32.4.4! What if you have a longer = file name? It will have
- Dan> to shrink.
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- Right. We'll just truncate the long names. If they collide, the user
- will have to sort it out. Names generated under Executor will be
- guaranteed to never collide.
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- Dan> Now, I agree that there should be = support for
- Dan> the VFAT system (And beleive a Win95 GUI version of Executor
- Dan> = 2.0 or 2.1 should be released). Also, it should then also
- Dan> allow use of = the desktop. Now, as most people know, the
- Dan> Windows 95 desktop is stored = in two places: Single User
- Dan> System: \Windows\Desktop MultiUser System:
- Dan> \Windows\Profiles\user\Desktop Now, Executor should ask which
- Dan> acount you wish to use, and load the = desktop. Thatway, you
- Dan> can navigate it as if it were you're Windows 95 = system (And
- Dan> sort of like a mac) For example, you could browse the File =
- Dan> Open and Save As dialog boxes as a Mac would running System
- Dan> 7! I think this would be a very usefull feature for copying
- Dan> and storing = files.
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- We'll certainly try, but the port to W'95 won't start until 2.0 ships.
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- Dan> -Dan Guisinger
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- --Cliff
- ctm@ardi.com
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