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From: Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
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Subject: Re: LFN on pure DOS
Date: 3 May 2002 11:37:50 GMT
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JT Williams <jeffw AT darwin DOT sfbr DOT org> wrote:

> BTW, who really *needs* a DOS LFN TSR in this day and age?  AFAICT the
> Windoze and NT crowd already have LFN support, 

Not quite.  The NT (<= version 4) crowd don't "have" LFN support any
more than raw DOS does --- they need an equivalent of an LFN TSR for
their platform, too.

> Doesn't that just leave the pure DOS users?

Of course it does.  That's why it's called a *DOS* LFN TSR driver, and
not a generic LFN driver.

Sometimes, you don't have a choice but to use raw DOS.  Does that mean
you shouldn't have good tools?  Definitely not.  If it did, what on
earth would we have DJGPP and this newsgroup for, in the first place?
;-)
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Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.