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Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 22:24:48 +0200 (MET DST)
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From: Bernie <bernie AT mbox302 DOT swipnet DOT se>
Subject: Re: Long File Names
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Florian wrote:
One program it doesn't work with is Arachne, to get LFN you'll need Windows
(if anyone would be so kind and test LFN with LFNB3 under DR-DOS I would
really appreciate it).
And yes it do slow down things - I know because I tried it myself (in
MS-DOS 6.2 so I had no LFN API) - but that was a beta of it...

>It works with most programs, but not with all. DJGPP programs should have no
>problem. But some real mode and 16-bit dpmi programs have problems.
>
>BTW: You see, how LFN-support slow down windows (and of course also DOS).

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