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Date: Wed, 25 Oct 1995 22:36:13 -0500 (CDT)
From: Leroy Rakoski <lrakoski AT isbe DOT state DOT il DOT us>
Subject: Re: Long filenames?
To: "Alexander V. Lukyanov" <lav AT video DOT yars DOT free DOT net>
Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu, sandmann AT clio DOT rice DOT edu


On Wed, 25 Oct 1995, Alexander V. Lukyanov wrote:

> Is there HPFS (or any other fs better than FAT) drivers and utilities
> (format, defrag etc) for DOS, which enable use of the filesystems?

Someone with the knowledge (preferably Microsoft) should write a plugin 
to Win95 for NTFS so that people dont have to buy winNT to get the 
benifits of the filesystem - i know it can be done, as inside the kernal 
of win95 there is a _DOCUMENTED_ (amazing, isn't it :) interface between 
the kernal and the drivers for the filesystem - the only one currently 
offered is VFAT - which SUCKS...

Just a thought...

it would be nice NOT to have to buy Win95 though.. maybe there is a way 
using something akin to MSCDEX to map the drives.. hmm.. :)

any ideas???

Lee Rakoski

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