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Date: Wed, 5 Feb 1997 22:35:35 -0600 (CST)
From: "Colin W. Glenn" <cwg01 AT gnofn DOT org>
To: "'OpenDOS newsgroup'" <opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net>
Subject: Re: [opendos-developer] Re: [opendos] OpenDOS + Win95 w/FAT32?
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On Wed, 5 Feb 1997 mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca wrote:

> ok.  (Although I discourage using spaces in filenames as they are
> a big PAIN!!!!!!  Also, the "!" is even a BIGGER pain!!  )  

On the fly conversions of spaces to special character and back might be
considered.

> > > They want you to use the Win95 DOS shell, rather than DOS 7.00, and since
> > When you use the GUI you're still in DOS anyway...
> 
> Yah, '95 is a hack and a crock.  Lets make OD go in a NEW
> direction and make it really powerful!

Well now that depends on how you boot the beasty, you full boot, you end
up in GUI DOS, you break the boot via F8 to command prompt, you end up
with a vanilla DOS which doesn't even know what a LFN is!

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