My officemate doesn't remember when file names had to be 8 characters or less (it was 8, right?)
Yes. Plus a three character extension.
eta: Any here ever forced to use edlin?
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tommyrot - Oct 26, 2006 9:08:49 am PDT #5786 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Jessica - Oct 26, 2006 9:10:19 am PDT #5787 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
My officemate doesn't remember when file names had to be 8 characters or less
Ha! Wait, that wasn't that long ago, was it? Was it?
Sean K - Oct 26, 2006 9:11:39 am PDT #5788 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
My officemate doesn't remember when file names had to be 8 characters or less
Ha! Wait, that wasn't that long ago, was it? Was it?
No. Especially if you count today. There's still a surprisingly large number of businesses that are content to run on Windows 3.11, and still stuck with the eight character limit.
brenda m - Oct 26, 2006 9:12:44 am PDT #5789 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
My officemate doesn't remember when file names had to be 8 characters or less (it was 8, right?). Damn, I'm old.
What I remember is laughing at PC users while cheerfully naming my files any damn thing on my Mac. Good times, good times.
tommyrot - Oct 26, 2006 9:12:46 am PDT #5790 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Ha! Wait, that wasn't that long ago, was it? Was it?
Um, Windows 95 was the first Microsoft OS that supported long file names. So most college freshmen have never faced the short filename issue.
tommyrot - Oct 26, 2006 9:14:06 am PDT #5791 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
What I remember is laughing at PC users while cheerfully naming my files any damn thing on my Mac. Good times, good times.
Back in those days, I couldn't afford a Mac. My first PC was a Leading Edge XT clone - I got it for $400 new because it was discontinued.
§ ita § - Oct 26, 2006 9:15:33 am PDT #5792 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
My officemate doesn't remember when file names had to be 8 characters or less (it was 8, right?). Damn, I'm old.
2006.
I mean, if you use Captiva ImageAccel. Parts of that application for sale today for mucho dinero will break if you try and put files in directories (remember when they were called that, and not folders?) with long file names.
bon bon - Oct 26, 2006 9:17:28 am PDT #5793 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
I've become a lot more reticent about clicking on links (oh, the irony) since the migraines. I feel quite pacific about not having clicked on that one.
Now I feel kinda bad.
Allyson - Oct 26, 2006 9:17:32 am PDT #5794 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
My Mac Performa had to walk uphill both ways through 12 feet of snow to get to the internet.
Nutty - Oct 26, 2006 9:17:54 am PDT #5795 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I think the Windows-standard DOS FTP program can't deal with filenames of more than 8 chars to this day. I'd go about retrieving MYFILE~1.doc all the time. (That's how it truncated stuff.) And till just recently, I was still using the free Paint Shop Pro, which worked on Windows 98+, and required short filenames.