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From: jbickers@templar.actrix.gen.nz (John Bickers)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: De-macification of the Amiga (Re: The Amiga's Future)
Message-ID: <4858.tnews@templar.actrix.gen.nz>
Date: 27 Jun 91 07:41:01 GMT
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References: <1991Jun22.045446.2732@Sugar.NeoSoft.com> <102@ryptyde.UUCP> <25668@well.sf.ca.us> <1084@macuni.mqcc.mq.oz>
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Quoted from <1084@macuni.mqcc.mq.oz> by s8105119@ipc07.mqcs.mq.oz.au (Gary Kevin MAKIN):
> This is very simple. The file type is *not* kept in the resource fork of a file.
> It has never been kept there. The file type is in the file header. Proof: every

    What happens when you move the file to another sort of machine?

> Gary Makin
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