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From: apratt@atari.UUCP (Allan Pratt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: case insensitivity in TOS
Keywords: case filenames
Message-ID: <2807@atari.UUCP>
Date: 14 Jan 91 21:34:18 GMT
References: <1991Jan12.023029.20022@convex.com>
Organization: Atari Corp., Sunnyvale CA
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rosenkra@convex.com (William Rosencranz) writes:
>is there any inherent reason why future TOS versions can't be case
>sensitive [...?]

The quick answer is this: GEMDOS was that way originally because MS-DOS
is that way, and GEMDOS is still that way because it was that way
originally.

There is little hope of a case-sensitive GEMDOS in the near future. If
you're desperate, you can look up UNIXMODE from Bammi@cadence.com. I
don't know if he has a stand-alone TSR version yet, or if it's still
just part of libraries you have to link with to get it.

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