On Mon, 28 May 2007 20:01:27 +0200, Janis Papanagnou
<Janis_Papanagnou@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Dave Kelly wrote:
>> I don't know where to ask this. If there is a better place, please let
>> me know.
>>
>> Is there any limit on file length now-a-days?
>
> Yes. Depending on the OS and filesystem.
>
>> When I started it was 8 char . 3 extension
>
> (Or even 6.3 - ...were there even 6 someday?)
>
MS-DOS started with 8.3, as did CP/M. TOPS-10 had 6.3 filenames. If
you went to college in the 1970s or 80s, or used CompuServe during that
time, you might have used TOPS-10 or -20. The TRS-80 Model 100 used
6.2 filenames.



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