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From: RGF@mit-mc@sri-unix.UUCP
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Subject: CP/M'S FILE ARCHIVE BIT
Message-ID: <12296@sri-arpa.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 3-Oct-83 21:08:00 EDT
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Posted: Mon Oct  3 21:08:00 1983
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From:  Ronald G. Fowler <RGF@mit-mc>

  The file archive attribute that you describe is available only
for the relatively new CP/M version 3 (aka 'CP/M+') and MP/M versions
2.0 and up.  The far more prevalent CP/M 2.2 has no such feature
(although Kelly Smith released a BDOS patch to support such an
attribute, along with a companion copy program that utilizes it;
there were some problems with this patch as I recall, and I believe
it did not gain wide support because of these problems).
  I would expect to see more support in public-domain programs for
this attribute, as CP/M 3 makes its gradual proliferation through
the market.
			--Ron Fowler  (RFOWLER@SIMTEL20)